Licorice Root Tea

[umit]

By any chance is there anybody who knows where to find this in Helsinki? Since Finns love salmiakki, I have a feeling that it shouldn't be difficult to find.

[sammy]

...but salmiakki doesn't belong in tea! I think I've seen some licorice scented teas on sale somewhere, and in fact we've got some of it at home. But it's a gift from a friend in Oulu (go Oulu go!) - from the Kofeiinikomppania shop at the local market hall. I'd expect TheHuone or TheOunce ( http://www.thehuone.com/ and http://www.ounce.fi/ respectively) might have it. But then again... they might be more geared towards "real" teas?

[inkku]

If you are talking about the Yogi teabags, in Helsinki you could try Ruohonjuuri and other health stores.

[Jukka Aho]

I’d argue Finns would see salmiac-flavored tea (if there were such a thing!) and licorice-flavored tea as two entirely different products...

[sammy]

I’d argue Finns would see salmiac-flavored tea (if there were such a thing!) and licorice-flavored tea as two entirely different products...

Now, if I'm not wrong, in some countries they do put salt in tea... since salmiakki is a kind of a salted licorice, maybe we have an unexpolerd market niche here?

[Jukka Aho]

I’d argue Finns would see salmiac-flavored tea (if there were such a thing!) and licorice-flavored tea as two entirely different products...

Now, if I'm not wrong, in some countries they do put salt in tea... since salmiakki is a kind of a salted licorice, maybe we have an unexpolerd market niche here? :D

Sal ammoniac (NH₄Cl, ammonium chloride), in itself, does not contain licorice. It’s a white, crystalline substance not unlike table salt. For example, when HK brought Salmiakkipossu (a salmiac-flavored pork meat product) on the market, I don’t think they used any licorice extract in it...

[sammy]

I’d argue Finns would see salmiac-flavored tea (if there were such a thing!) and licorice-flavored tea as two entirely different products...

Now, if I'm not wrong, in some countries they do put salt in tea... since salmiakki is a kind of a salted licorice, maybe we have an unexpolerd market niche here?

Sal ammoniac (NH₄Cl, ammonium chloride), in itself, does not contain licorice. It’s a white, crystalline substance not unlike table salt. For example, when HK brought Salmiakkipossu (a salmiac-flavored pork meat product) on the market, I don’t think they used any licorice extract in it...

Hmm, I guess that depends on the product - but check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquorice... ah, I get flashbacks to Apteekin Salmiakki - when the apothecaries actually sold the stuff from glass jars, and shovelled it into brown paper bags... of course salmiakki was available from the shops as well but it seemed somehow outlandish to buy it from the Men In White

Anyway, I don't know if salmiakki tea is available (the licorice tea we have does not have the salmiakki tang).

[magenta22]

I know that clipper make a liqourice tea, my friend got this in a health food shop in Helsinki. I'm not sure of the name of it though.