I use grapefruit spoons for getting spices out of the narrower jars. Mine hold about half a teaspoon, and I don't use them if precision is required; i.e., in baking.

I can't think of anything better than a spoon either. A plastic straw? The spoon is probably better than that. Not everybody really cottons to the analogy, is the problem, but I wonder if that was once true for other items on the plate as well.

P.