Za'atar

Made by Ayda Saadah, Biddu

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About this spice

Ayda Saadah makes our za'atar in Biddu, in the hills northwest of Jerusalem, where she grows olives, fruit trees and baladi za'atar. The leaves are picked by hand, air-dried and stripped from the stem, then mixed with sesame, sumac and sea salt. Nothing else goes in.

Tear warm bread, dip it in olive oil, then in the za'atar. Her Jerusalem oil is the one I'd pour beside it.

  • Size110 g
  • FarmOlives, fruit trees and baladi za'atar
  • VillageBiddu, Jerusalem
  • Best forBread dipping, Mornings
Pre-order, shipping and returns

You pay today. You can cancel any time before shipment for a full refund. If the harvest is delayed, we email you with options: wait, change your order, or get a refund. Delivery times depend on your carrier and location.

Lost, broken or damaged? We reship. Unopened bottles can be returned within 30 days of delivery.

Health and storage

Store in a cool, dark place, away from the stove.

Meet the farmer
Ayda Saadah in the groves
Meet the farmer

Ayda Saadah

Farmer and herbalist in Biddu, and the woman behind our za'atar.

We pay every farmer 25 to 30% above the market price.

Ayda Saadah introduces herself as two things: a farmer and an herbalist. In Biddu, northwest of Jerusalem, she grows olives, fruit trees and baladi za'atar, and she runs the village's herb shop, the first it ever had. That shop is where we met her, beside five big sacks of za'atar, and she has made ours since early 2023. As a girl she went up into the hills with her mother to gather it wild. "The land is love. The land is giving," she says. "However much you give it, it gives back many times over." Pour her oil over her za'atar, and breakfast comes from one woman's hands.
Map of Palestine: Biddu, Jerusalem region. Village center, not the farm location.BidduPalestine · Jerusalem region