Pukka Herbs - Organic Herbal Tea Licorice & Cinnamon - 20 Tea Bags
Pukka Herbs - Herbal Tea Organic Licorice & Cinnamon - 20 Tea Bags (1.41 oz / 40 g) Pukka Herbs Licorice and Cinnamon Organic Herbal Tea is deliciously rich and mellow. Licorice and cinnamon tea is a rich and mellow organic herbal tea. The finest, organic licorice root has been selected for this naturally sweet and full bodied tea. Cinnamon brings a gentle spiced finish. 100% organically grown and fairly traded, Pukka hopes this is the best licorice blend you will ever taste. About CinnamonThe farmer's back yard seems to be jungle, but on closer inspection it is a well managed organic Cinnamon plantation.Cinnamon trees are native to Sri Lanka and thrive in its hot and humid climate. In the wild the tree can grow up to 20m in height, but when cultivated they are regularly pruned and therefore do not grow much higher than a few meters. The Cinnamon trees are cut back in their second year to encourage growth of finer bark-yielding branches, a process is called 'tillering'. After the 3rd year of growth the trees can be harvested twice a year. The Sri Lankan method of peeling and drying cinnamon is a highly skilled art. The quills are then laid out on slats to dry. Pukka uses two different types of Cinnamon in their teas: Cinnamon Zeylanicum which they buy organically from Sri Lanka and Cinnamon Cassia which they buy as bark chips from Indonesia and Madagascar. The pieces of bark in the middle is the standard form of dried cinnamon (Cinnamon cassia). The quills on either side are the highest grade that come from Sri Lanka (Cinnamon zeylanicum). The art of cinnamon peeling is passed down from father to son - even the little kid in the photo knows how to peel cinnamon bark! Fine quality Cinnamon is a very thin smooth bark, with a light-yellowish brown color, a highly fragrant odor, and a peculiarly sweet, warm and pleasing aromatic taste. Its flavor is due to the aromatic oil it contains.