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Star Anise
Anis, eller stjerneanis, er et stjerneformet asiatisk krydderi med en aroma, der dufter som sort lakrids blandet med sort peber. Dette røgede, skarpe krydderi tilfører blomstrede og citrusduftende parfumer et kantet pift, og dens eksotiske appel fungerer med næsten enhver stil.
Hvis du er fan af solbær, sort peber, lakrids, læder eller røgede accenter i dine dufte, er anisnoten værd at udforske. Stjerneanis tilfører en parfume en næsten gådefuld, krydret dimension - en tone, der minder om varme orientalske bazarer og urgammel apotekerkunst. Den fungerer særligt smukt i komplekse, lagdelte kompositioner med en eksotisk sjæl.
Aromatisk, græsagtig, sirupsagtig duft.
ChinaVietnamAromatic
Historie
This star-shaped spice has captured our interest for more than three millennia: We’ve flavored sweets and liquors with it, dabbed its essential oil on our pulse-points, and uncovered its medicinal properties. Around 1500 BC, ancient Egyptians were busy cultivating star anise in large quantities to use in cooking, and to mix into medicinal elixirs. In the late 1500s, star anise made its way to Europe via an English sailor, and soon thereafter was traded along the tea route from China through Russia.
Produktion
Star anise are native to the tropical regions of southern China and Vietnam. The fruit is picked when it is still green and then dried in the sun until turning reddish-brown. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the star anise is named so for its appearance: a woody follicle with eight-pointed carpels, much like a star. Each of its carpels contains a shiny seed, which, for the purposes of perfumery, are steam distilled to obtain an essence.
