Cough
Licorice & Anise
A sweet, coating pot for a dry throat.
Licorice root simmered with anise is the old sweet cough pot. It coats. It also raises blood pressure in some people — this is a short-course tea, not a daily mug.
- Steep
- 12 min
- Water
- 100°C / 212°F
- Caffeine
- None
Taste · Sweet licorice, warm seed
Ingredients
2 cups
- Organic licorice root1 tsp
- Organic anise seed½ tsp
Method
- 1
Simmer 10–12 minutes. Strain.
- 2
Small cups. Two or three days, then pause.
Why this cup
- A naturally sweet cup for a dry cough
- Coating on a scratchy throat
- A little goes a long way
Go gently
- Skip if you have high blood pressure, heart or kidney disease, or low potassium.
- Skip in pregnancy. Not for children as a routine tea.
- Can interact with several medicines. Short course only.
Steep timer
12:00
