Starwest Botanicals Licorice Root Tea Loose - 1lbs

Makes amazing tea. Taste is unsurpassed.

Tastes great. I’ll be ordering this again.

Licorice root is hard to find at a reasonable price. This stuff is cut perfectly for adding to tea and tastes great.

I decided to try this because licorice root is very soothing to the mucous membranes of the digestive tract, helping to support and repair the protective lining of the stomach and intestines, and maintaining the those barriers against excess stomach acid. I also love the taste of licorice.When it arrived, I started out with the idea of chewing a wad of these roots. At first I was not impressed because I had hoped it would taste more like candy licorice. Instead it tasted a bit earthy (in a good way), but little licorice flavor. Then I discovered there is a nice (very mild) after-taste of licorice that lasted quite a while.But, what I really love is making licorice tea with it. I have some small cotton bags to use for brewing "loose" tea that I used for this. Again, the flavor was a bit earthy at first, but a wonderfull after-taste of mild licorice that lasts. I got into the habit of refilling the cup with water at room temp and just letting it sit with the bag of roots in it. The small bag of roots lasted many days of refills giving me lots of pleasure as I continued sipping at the refills throughout the days. I was beginning to wonder if the roots would ever be drained of flavor, but they were after mayby 10 refills.Also, I did seem to feel like I had a calmer tummy, though that is just a subjective feeling.

I'd never made licorice tea before, and made it the English way... as I was taught by an Englishman.I put the loose the tea in the teapot, added boiling water from a teakettle, and steeped mine for about 10 minutes ( I like strong tea). I used a tea strainer to pour it into the teacups. It was perfect! Didn't even need sugar. I recommend this tea, it is very good tea. My neighbor likes it as well, and she is familiar with licorice tea.