Maldon - Sea Salt Flakes 8.5oz

Salt has been gathered along the marshy shores of Maldon, a small town on England’s Essex coast, for roughly a thousand years, with records reaching back to the Domesday survey. The Maldon Salt Company began trading under its current name in 1882 and has been guided by four generations of the Osborne family, who still rely on essentially unchanged methods. Today its salt is exported to more than sixty countries, and in 2012 the company was granted a Royal Warrant.

The Blackwater Estuary is ideal for salt making thanks to its tide-washed salt marshes, strong winds, and low rainfall, which together produce unusually saline water. Seawater is drawn from the estuary on spring tides, filtered, and pumped into shallow stainless steel pans, where it is gently heated and slowly evaporated. As the brine concentrates, distinctive hollow, pyramid-shaped crystals form and gradually settle to the bottom of the pans. Salt makers then harvest them by hand before drying and packing the flakes.

The flavor is clean and bright, with a pure saltiness that lacks the harsh, bitter edge of ordinary table salt. The delicate flakes deliver a satisfying crunch and crumble easily between the fingers, adding both seasoning and texture.