Amanda Jacobs
Sea Love Sea Salt Co began after Amanda and her husband followed through with a dream of living at the beach. It made sense. They are obsessed with beach life, sunny weather, surfing, stand-up paddling and running on the beach. Then came a visit from a friend who suggested that they try to make salt. As a former educator, she thought this sounded like such a fun experiment. Plus, they are huge salt fans, often bringing it home from their travels and creatively using it in cooking.
They trekked to the beach with buckets and experimented with different methods of salt-making. First boiling. Then baking. Next, a combo of the two. Finally, solar evaporation. Solar evaporation takes the longest amount of time, but also creates flakey yet crunchy salt, while using no energy. Turns out, the fast moving clean waters of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina create an amazingly delicious salt with perfect texture! So perfect that they decided to share with others.
It is this sharing process that they enjoy the most.... talking with customers, chefs and stores while gaining inspiration, feedback on flavors, scents, new products and packaging. The growth and backbone of this local company comes from these connections.