Inside the blend
Ingredients in Tapee Tea: Complete 15-Herb Formula
Meet all 15 herbs and spices in our Sirilife blend, from Jewel Vine and bael fruit to Chaplu and Makiang.
Jewel Vine makes up 65% of the blend. The other 14 ingredients make up the remaining 35%.
Every ingredient, pictured
Take a closer look at the roots, leaves, fruit and spices behind the names on the packet. Each percentage is the ingredient’s share by weight.
Jewel Vine
65%Vine stems
Woody stems with a pale, patterned cross-section. Jewel Vine forms the largest share of the blend.
Star anise
4.5%Fruit
The star is the dried fruit: its pointed chambers hold the seeds.
Bael fruit
3.5%Ripe fruit flesh
A hard-shelled round fruit with yellow-orange flesh. The slices show what it looks like inside.
Chaplu
3.5%Leaves
Broad, heart-shaped green leaves with pointed tips and prominent veins.
Nutmeg
3.5%Seed kernel
An oval brown seed with a marbled pattern running through its centre.
Cinnamon
3.5%Bark
Thin layers of dried bark curl into the quills shown here.
Black galangal
2.5%Rhizome
Brown on the outside, purple inside. The cut slices reveal the colour hidden beneath the skin.
Astragalus
2.5%Root
Pale, fibrous root, shown here as dried sections and long, slant-cut slices.
Turmeric
2.5%Rhizome
The knobbly underground stem has orange flesh beneath its brown skin.
Clove
1.5%Flower buds and stalks
These small dried buds have a rounded head and a slender stalk.
Dang Shen
1.5%Root
Long, pale tan roots with a wrinkled surface, shown whole and in cut sections.
Makiang
1.5%Fruit and seed
Small, dark purple fruit. The cut fruit shows the seed inside.
Siam cardamom
1.5%Fruit
Pale, rounded dried pods with fine ridges and dark seeds inside.
Licorice
1.5%Root
Woody root with brown bark and a yellowish centre, shown as sticks and slices.
Sappan wood
1.5%Heartwood
The inner wood has orange-red to reddish-brown tones. Here it is shown as chips and slivers.
The full list on the pack
The names above follow our Sirilife packet, including Dang Shen. You can also view the ingredient percentages in the Sirilife specification.
If you need to avoid an ingredient, check the pack before brewing. Ask us about the ingredients if you need help.
A note about licorice
The blend contains licorice. If you take medicine or have a health condition, ask a pharmacist or doctor whether the ingredients are suitable for you.
NIH’s licorice guidance explains possible side effects and interactions. It concerns licorice itself, rather than a study of Tapee Tea.
