Mendocino Sea Salt and Seasoning Company
La Mar's
How We Craft Sea Salt From Ocean Water

Off to Harvest
Offloading
2. The seawater is simmered until delicate crystals of salt begin to appear on the surface, then grow and sink to form the salt bed.
                   
                   

1.   We collect pure ocean water off the Mendocino Coast from aboard our boat, the Fair Chase. Our collection locations are carefully selected over deep undersea canyons that are known for producing strong, mineral-rich upwellings.
Raking the salt
3.   The young salt is then raked, drained and gently layered onto open evaporating pans. It is at this point that the true distinctiveness of our sea salt is shaped. Knowing exactly how much heat to gently apply at this stage of the process is an art and must be carefully monitored.
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       

4. The result is a light crystal reminiscent of a snowflake with a crisp feel and a complete lack of coarseness or bitter aftertaste.
Crystal close up
Custom Smokehouse
Our Nori Salt and Seasoning Sand are blended with locally produced organic products.  Our Sea Smoke is produced by carefully smoking our handcrafted sea salt in our specially built smoke house. 
"At first taste we were hooked",  Catherine Bartolomei - Owner of the Sonoma Farmhouse Inn        "Lora's Seasoning Sand is absolutely devine",  Linda Friedman - Moose Cafe in Mendocino    "I have not stopped extolling the wonder of your Sea Smoke Salt" , Chef Claudia Imatt - Shallwedine.biz     "The quality of your salt crystals are superb",   Mitchell Darland - Arras France     "… your product has become indispensable in our kitchen."    Brooks Larson - Sacramento     "Lora's Seasoning Sand is absolutely divine! Use it for all your culinary aspirations."    Linda Friedman - Former Owner and Founder of the Moose Cafe in Mendocino.    "..the best "food" tasted that whole day."    Chef Claudia Imatt - Shallwedine.biz    "It's local, it's amazing and it's healthy!"    Catherine Bartolomei - Owner of the Sonoma Farmhouse Inn    "I live in France and have received your full line of salts from a relative and am very impressed!!!"    Mitchell Darland - Arras France    "We picked up some salt and some of the blend, which they call Seasoning Sand, and we've been using it on everything".    Catherine Bartolomei - Owner of the Sonoma Farmhouse Inn    "…thank you for making such a wonderful product!"    Mitchell Darland - Arras France
Fair Chase on a collection voyage
Fair Chase at the transfer station
Raking the young salt
Salt crystals
Bob and Freckles at our custom smoke house
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