Every food has a story.
The SpoonTale makes cinematic films about the history behind what you eat: the smugglers, empires and inventors behind your coffee, your pepper and your glass of champagne. A new film every Sunday on YouTube.
Series I: four stories you can hold
Each story plate carries one episode: an engraved scene, the places the story passed through, and the book we told it from.
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I
Coffee
One seedling crossed the Atlantic in the 1720s.
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II
Pepper
Pepper sold in Europe at twenty times its Indian price.
Read the story -
III
Nutmeg
Nutmeg grew only on the Banda Islands.
Read the story -
IV
Champagne
Dom Perignon fought the bubbles that burst his bottles.
Read the story
The shop opens soon
Story plates, story mugs and the Series I apron are being sampled now. Each one carries a scene from a SpoonTale film and a QR code that opens its full story.
The pictures here are previews made from the print designs. Photos of the finished pieces follow once the samples arrive.
Follow the stories
A new film every Sunday at 6 pm Dubai time, and short stories from the films every day.