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This unassuming pot, which looks like a pot of easy-going cream, is spicy. Very, very spicy. It looks all gentle with its heavy glass base and pretty lid, but buy boy does it have a kick.

That's because its ginger. Pure, unadulterated, organic ginger. The stuff that's been acclaimed as a hero, shelved away into that newly found 'superfood' category that health fanatics use to make up 97% of their daily food intake. It does everything. Literally. Like easing nausea and fighting the common cold (some cite it as the best prevention discovery to date). Its even one of the top anti-cancer foods on the planet. Really. Sprinkle it on a salad, or add a dollop to your orange juice.

Slightly perversely, the throat stinging and nasal passage fire (akin to inhaling a far-too-large lump of fresh wasabi), is kind of fun.

Wakaya Organic Ginger Powder Jar, £20 at SpaceNK