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Cut sticks of dried licorice root, mulethi, showing fibrous brown bark and pale yellow interior

Licorice: the sweetest thing in herbal tea, and it isn't sugar

If your unsweetened herbal tea tastes sweet, that is licorice root. On mulethi versus the candy, why the sweetness arrives late, and the one caution worth reading.
Fresh lemongrass stalks and cut green leaf blades on a pale surface

Lemongrass: the grass that smells like a lemon and isn't one

Lemongrass smells exactly like a lemon and is a grass, not a citrus. On gavti chaha, which part to use, rooting a stalk on your windowsill, and why the research...
Moringa leaves with ginseng and amla beside a cup of UPLIFT morning tea

Moringa: the drumstick tree you have already eaten

Drumstick pods and moringa powder come from the same tree but different parts, and they taste nothing alike. Straight answers on the leaf, the marketing, and what it is doing...
Dried ginger slices with fennel seeds, cumin and cardamom pods on a pale surface

Ginger: A Plant With No Wild Ancestor

There is no wild ginger anywhere on earth. Where it came from, why adrak and sonth are genuinely different ingredients, and the two very different jobs it does in a...
Dried chamomile flower heads with rose petals and lemongrass, the botanicals in UNWIND

Does Chamomile Actually Make You Sleepy?

The most recommended herbal tea in the world, and almost nobody who recommends it can say what it is supposed to be doing. An honest look at chamomile, the research,...
Dried amla pieces and one whole dried Indian gooseberry on pale handmade paper

Amla: Five Tastes, and Why Water Goes Sweet After

Bracingly sour, then astringent, then water tastes sweet. What amla actually does in a cup, why acidity matters in a herbal blend, and an honest look at the vitamin C...
A pile of fennel seeds surrounded by dried ginger, cumin, cardamom pods and mint leaves

Saunf After Meals: What Fennel Is Actually Doing

The bowl by the restaurant door is not a mouth freshener. What fennel actually is, why it ended up at the end of a meal across three continents, and where...
A glass cup of herbal tea on a wooden table

Tulsi: The Plant by the Door, and What It Does in a Cup

Peppery, clove-like, and in almost every Indian courtyard. What tulsi actually tastes like, why it sits in both our morning and after-meal blends, and what the research has and has...