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From the Westfjords

Journal

Salt guides and stories from Reykjanes, where we hand-harvest flaky sea salt from Arctic seawater with 100% geothermal energy.

Salt guide

How to season, finish and pick the right salt.

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Stories

The people, places and seasons behind our salt.

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Recipes

Everyday dishes and drinks, each made with a Saltverk salt.

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Learn about salt, or read about the place and people behind it. Filter by salt to find the guide for the jar in your cupboard.

Salt

Why hand-harvested salt? What the rake does that a machine cannot

Why hand-harvested salt? What the rake does that a machine cannot

How to use Licorice Salt: the Nordic sweet and salty

How to use Licorice Salt: the Nordic sweet and salty

How to use Seaweed Salt: umami from the Icelandic shore

How to use Seaweed Salt: umami from the Icelandic shore

How to use Arctic Thyme Salt: wild herbs from the Westfjords

How to use Arctic Thyme Salt: wild herbs from the Westfjords

How to use Lava Salt: the black finishing salt

How to use Lava Salt: the black finishing salt

How to use Birch Smoked Salt: smoke without the grill

How to use Birch Smoked Salt: smoke without the grill

How to use Pure Flaky Sea Salt: the everyday finishing salt

How to use Pure Flaky Sea Salt: the everyday finishing salt

Smoked, black, herb or seaweed? A guide to flavored sea salts

Smoked, black, herb or seaweed? A guide to flavored sea salts

Sea salt vs table salt: sodium, iodine and what is in the jar

Sea salt vs table salt: sodium, iodine and what is in the jar

How to use finishing salt: 10 simple ways

How to use finishing salt: 10 simple ways

What is flaky sea salt? How it differs from table salt and kosher salt

What is flaky sea salt? How it differs from table salt and kosher salt

Smoked over Icelandic birch: inside our smokehouse

Smoked over Icelandic birch: inside our smokehouse

Picking Arctic thyme: a short summer in the Westfjords

Picking Arctic thyme: a short summer in the Westfjords

Nothing wasted: what happens to the brine, the spills and the water

Nothing wasted: what happens to the brine, the spills and the water

Reykjanes: visiting the saltworks in the Westfjords

Reykjanes: visiting the saltworks in the Westfjords

Salt cod and the Danish king: the history of salt in Reykjanes

Salt cod and the Danish king: the history of salt in Reykjanes

From seawater to flake: how we make salt with geothermal energy

From seawater to flake: how we make salt with geothermal energy

Stories

From the Westfjords

Salt making in Reykjanes began when the Danish king set up a saltworks here to supply Iceland's salt cod trade. Today we hand-harvest our salt from Arctic seawater using 100% geothermal energy. Here we share the people, places and seasons behind it.