Grind your own spices (a workout that is worth it), make your own curry pastes (a game changer), or perhaps bash out a quick pesto sauce (we couldn’t recommend this more) with this Mortar and Pestle from Avanti. 

Mortar and pestles have been around for close to 35,000 (yep) years, and that we still use them today speaks volumes to their usefulness. Not a whole lot has changed in their design, either. 

This mortar and pestle is the real deal - it’s solid granite, making the mortar and pestle both effective and durable. The exterior of the mortar and tip of the pestle is polished black granite, which looks wonderful on any bench-top. The interior, where the magic happens, is unpolished and rough, increasing the surface area and thus productivity of the grind.