Our acorn flour is a hand-made, homemade product. We gather acorns from oaks on the land where we live and tend, then grind, cold leach in well water and dehydrate it all into flour that's ready for cooking! The flour is dehydrated at a low temperature and is technically raw, though we do not recommend eating it raw.
Flour is made to order to ensure freshness and quality, so it may take anywhere between 2-28 days to process your order (although usually about 2 weeks), depending on where we are in the process at the time of your order, how many other orders are waiting, and if we're on vacation.
We gather and process by hand, and have calculated a fair price based on the time it takes us to make each product - we are working to improve our systems in order to lower prices. We tend the oaks, and the land we live on with ruminant grazing, with ash, with offerings. There are no chemicals or sprays, pesticides or herbicides used anywhere on our acreage. We give thanks to the natives of this land, the Nisenan, for tending it for millennia.
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Acorn flour is inherently gluten-free, organic and a nutrient powerhouse. We have not done testing or certification of our products. The flour is made in a home kitchen on shared equipment.
We live on the land of the Nisenan people, and give 10% of our profits to the local tribe through CHIRP. Ancestral Homelands — California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (chirpca.org)
The oaks we harvest from are primarily a mixture of Valley Oak (Quercus lobata), Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) and Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii). Any combination of those may be in a batch of acorn flour.
Reviews
I found my pound of Acorn flour to be skillfully prepared, well priced, and the customer service to be excellent. The flour goes good with just about anything I've thought of!
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Finding quality, ethically-sourced acorn flour is no small thing — supply is limited, the product is rare, and finding someone who handles it with care and knowledge is even rarer. Quercus Collective delivered on all of it. When our timeline was less than ideal, the response was warm, immediate, and generous — delivering a beautiful product on a rushed timeline without missing a beat. We're deeply grateful, thank you!
The Acorn Flour is amazing. I love making honey cookies with it. Thank you for your care and dedication to creating this special product.
I keep it for a rare treat of acorn flour waffles. They are really TLC. Great product.
We ordered a large batch of acorn flour for our virtual women's acorn gathering, and it was a hit! Kira was super helpful in letting us know their processing times and getting everything to us on time. We re-packaged the acorn flour bags with some Iowa honey and sent it to participants. They absolutely loved it!