It all started with a promise to build her a greenhouse 

As we are not gardening experts, it should be no surprise that I managed to build a lovely greenhouse in the middle of Eastern Washington (semi-arid desert!) that is absolutely worthless for all but 2 weeks in the spring and fall. I had unwittingly built a solar death box– and we had no intention of growing cactus.

Then came a blowhole

Obsessed with everything ocean– I had to see the blowhole.  As I waited for the surf to produce another photogenic moment, the juxtaposition of the Black igneous rock and the white evaporite caught my attention.  As any former kid is want to do— I tasted it.   Salty!  

I need an Ocean

Washington is a funny state— two mountain ranges separate our greenhouse from the Ocean.   Driving home from vacation I made a pit stop and filled up my hydro flask.  With raw materials I had a mission.

Skepticism defeated

I lost track of how many not quite right attempts there were in the first couple of years—but at the bitter end of a 10 gallon attempt I was down to one more shot at the ring…

When I saw her face I knew we could do it. My resident professionally trained chef and spouse had moved on from humoring my insanity to embracing the reality that we had created a world class product. 

And that is how a former chef and foodie obsessed with real, unprocessed, natural foods— combined with her mad scientist wannabe husband to envision the only naturally solar evaporated salt manufacturer in Eastern Washington:

Forged by Magma, delivered from the Sea and Honed by the Eastern Washington Sun.