Uses

Adds lovely, sweet liquorice-like flavour to soups, stews, roasts, and drinks such as Gluhwein and tea.

Recipe: Star Anise tea

Add 1 Rooibos teabag,1 clove, 3 to 4 star anise, 1 cinnamon stick, honey and lemon to taste, to 1 litre of almost boiling water

Quick Facts

• Ingredients: Star Anise
• Spice made from the fruit of the evergreen tree from the magnolia family from China and Vietnam.
• Star Anise is said to have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties.