The most uncompromising liquorice cup we stock. At thirty eight percent liquorice root with little to distract from it, this is liquorice as the whole event: an intense, syrupy natural sweetness with no sugar and no calories, a sharp spicy root warmth underneath, and a remarkably heavy, velvety, throat coating body. It makes the Lipton Evening Infusion and Teapigs Fennel and Liquorice look restrained by comparison, because here there is no mint or aniseed to share the stage. That makes the verdict simple and honest: this is a love it or loathe it tea, there is no middle ground and nothing to soften it for a sceptic. If you adore liquorice it is deeply satisfying and genuinely sweet without sugar; if you do not, nothing about it will win you over and the milder liquorice blends are the place to start. A standard caution applies with very high liquorice intake, so it suits an occasional cup rather than gallons. Skip the adrenal tonic wording entirely; judged purely as liquorice, it is the real, full strength thing.
Lee Samuel Tucker · Curator · teas.co.uk
The full picture of Yogi Tea Organic Licorice, 17 Tea Bags 30.6g in one page. Who makes it, how it is brewed, what your £4.00 actually buys, and why this tea earned a spot on the curator shelf.
Yogi Tea Organic Licorice is the naturally sweet single root led Ayurvedic herbal from Yogi Tea, the German American Ayurvedic tea brand, built on liquorice root with cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and other supporting Ayurvedic herbs, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the proper Ayurvedic style alternative to the Pukka Three Liquorice or a plain liquorice single ingredient cup.
The liquorice root does the structural sweet and warming work, giving the cup its deep golden colour and the naturally sweet character that defines liquorice (the root is roughly fifty times sweeter than sugar by weight, which is why the cup needs no added sweetener), while the cinnamon, cardamom and ginger sit on top as the chai style spice quartet that lifts the cup away from a plain liquorice cup and into a fuller Ayurvedic profile. The cup drinks like a sweet spicy chai without the black tea base, a polarising flavour that liquorice fans will recognise immediately and that non liquorice drinkers should approach carefully.
Caffeine status: naturally zero caffeine, suits any time including late evening. Taste profile: sweet liquorice up front balanced by warming cinnamon, cardamom and ginger and a clean spice finish. Lifestyle: certified organic, vegan, vegetarian, naturally gluten free and sugar free. Planet: seventeen plant based bags in fully recyclable packaging.
A seventeen bag Yogi Tea household pack at a premium price for the organic Ayurvedic tier, a sensible upgrade for any household who already drinks liquorice and wants the German American Ayurvedic interpretation of the recipe, the brand's reputation for proper organic certified Ayurvedic blends making this a worthwhile alternative to the standard supermarket liquorice herbal bags. Yogi Tea is one of the largest Ayurvedic tradition herbal brands in the European market, the line drawing on the work of the late Yogi Bhajan in the nineteen sixties and seventies bringing the Ayurvedic herbal philosophy to the West, and the brand has held its place across the European herbal aisle for several decades on the strength of the recipes alone. The Licorice blend in particular has been one of the longer running cups in the line and remains a polarising bag in the supermarket aisle, beloved by liquorice fans and avoided by everyone else, the strong natural sweetness of the root making the cup as much a dessert as a tea and ports particularly well as the late evening cup.
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Texture & appearance
Poured fresh, Yogi Tea Organic Licorice shows a clean, bright infusion with no sediment or cloud. The first thing you notice is the aroma: naturally sweet licorice root with warm cinnamon and a bright orange edge, no added sugar. It lifts off the surface while the cup is still too hot to drink, the cue that the botanicals have given their best to the water.
On the palate the body is light but not watery: enough substance to feel like a proper cup, with a soft natural sweetness in the licorice and fruit blends and a cleaner, more savoury edge in the spice and herb builds. The mid sip holds its shape rather than thinning out.
The finish is clean and gently lingering, sweet rounded or softly drying depending on the blend, resetting the palate so the next mouthful tastes as bright as the first. There is no bitterness even after a long 6-7 minute steep, because herbal infusions do not turn tannic the way black tea can.
Heat holds well in a stoneware mug and the aromatics keep their shape for a good ten minutes after the pour, so a slow cup never turns flat. A splash of oat milk works in the chai style and licorice blends; the fruit and floral builds are best drunk clear.
Cold brewed, the same blend mellows further, less aromatic lift, more rounded body, and a longer gentle finish. Stored resealed somewhere cool and dark, the character holds well beyond a year, fading in aroma long before it ever turns stale.
One practical note on temperature: because these are organic whole botanical blends rather than crushed fannings, they reward a longer steep than a standard black tea bag. Five to seven minutes draws the full body out of the root and seed ingredients without ever turning harsh, and a second shorter infusion from the same bag still gives a pale but pleasant cup, useful for a gentle evening drink when you want the flavour but less intensity.
Four dimension profile
Liquorice Sweetness5/5
Liquorice root provides the deeply sweet, slightly anise edged base of the blend.
Cinnamon Warmth4/5
Cinnamon bark adds woody spice warmth that lifts the sweet liquorice.
Caffeine Free Calm5/5
Zero caffeine; the natural sweetness makes it a dessert style evening cup.
Digestive Function3/5
Traditional Ayurvedic positioning for digestive support and gentle sweetness.
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About Yogi Tea OrganicEST. 1969
Yogi Tea grew out of a recipe, not a boardroom. In 1969 the yoga teacher Yogi Bhajan began serving students a warming Ayurvedic blend of cinnamon, cardamom, clove, ginger and black pepper that they nicknamed Yogi Tea. Demand turned the recipe into a product, built from the start on the principle that a blend should be composed for balance and effect rather than only flavour, which is why the range is organised by purpose rather than just taste. Every tea bag still carries a short saying on the string tag, a small ritual signalling how the brand wants the cup approached.
The range is broad and tightly themed around wellbeing occasions: the original Classic chai, the bestselling Bedtime, throat comfort, cleanse and a wide herbal and green spread, all certified organic and built around named botanicals. The European arm operates from Germany with a strong organic and responsible sourcing commitment and long standing plastic light packaging. For our shelf Yogi Tea is one of the most characterful names in functional herbal tea. The spiced blends in particular have real depth and warmth, far more assertive than the timid supermarket norm, and the by purpose range makes it easy to point a customer at the right cup for the moment. It sits alongside Pukka at the considered end of the herbal shelf and earns it, because the blends genuinely taste composed, with a fifty year Ayurvedic lineage behind them rather than a marketing brief.
What the brand is actually doing
Yogi Tea sustainability commitments include full organic certification across every blend, plant based plastic free PLA tea bag mesh, FSC certified recyclable cardboard outer cartons, fair trade direct relationships with herbalist tradition farmers, and CO2-optimised logistics.
Curator says, Lee on Yogi Tea Organic
"The most uncompromising liquorice cup we stock. At thirty eight percent liquorice root with little to distract from it, this is liquorice as the whole event: an intense, syrupy natural sweetness with no sugar and no calories, a sharp spicy root warmth underneath, and a remarkably heavy, velvety, throat coating body. It makes the Lipton Evening Infusion and Teapigs Fennel and Liquorice look restrained by comparison, because here there is no mint or aniseed to share the stage. That makes the verdict simple and honest: this is a love it or loathe it tea, there is no middle ground and nothing to soften it for a sceptic. If you adore liquorice it is deeply satisfying and genuinely sweet without sugar; if you do not, nothing about it will win you over and the milder liquorice blends are the place to start. A standard caution applies with very high liquorice intake, so it suits an occasional cup rather than gallons. Skip the adrenal tonic wording entirely; judged purely as liquorice, it is the real, full strength thing."
Founded 1969Yogi Tea founded by yoga teacher Yogi Bhajan in 1969, drawing from traditional Ayurvedic kitchen blends.
Ayurvedic Functional BlendsEvery blend has a named functional purpose (Bedtime, Detox, Choco) built from herbalist tradition rather than marketing trend.
Wisdom Quote TagsEvery tea bag carries a wisdom quote on the tag, the signature Yogi Tea touch.
Organic + Plastic Free BagsFull organic certification across the range, plant based plastic free PLA tea bag mesh, FSC cardboard.
Timeline
1969Brand foundedYogi Tea Organic begins. Germany / USA
2026Stocked at Teas.co.ukHand picked into the curator selection.
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Recipes built around this tea
One curator tested way to use Yogi Tea Organic Licorice, 17 Tea Bags 30.6g. Tap any card to open the full recipe with timings, measures and method.
The outer layer is aromatic: a caffeine free infusion of yogi licorice. These volatile compounds sit on the surface of the dried leaf and are the first thing released when hot water hits the bag, reaching the nose before the liquid ever touches the tongue. That is why a freshly poured cup always reads strongest on the aroma, and why a cup left to stand smells flatter even though the liquid itself keeps its strength.
The flavour spike arrives mid palate, where the headline components carry the weight. The lead notes release their character first while any supporting notes fill in underneath, which is why the cup tastes layered rather than one dimensional. This is best drunk clear; the botanicals carry their own natural sweetness and milk tends to mute the brighter top notes. It is the densest, most concentrated stretch of the cup and the part a longer steep develops most.
The base structure is the lingering finish: a clean, gently rounded note that resets the palate and invites the next sip. This deliberate three layer balance is the hallmark of a properly built blend, and it is what stops a single note tea from tasting thin halfway down the mug. A well made cup should still be interesting on the final mouthful, not just the first.
Getting it right in the cup. Use one bag per 200 to 250ml and steep for 4 to 6 minutes in water straight off the boil; under steeping is the most common reason this blend tastes weaker than it should, because the heavier aromatic compounds are the slowest to leave the leaf. Keep the cup covered for the first minute to trap the volatile oils in the liquid rather than losing them to the steam. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the same blend mellows noticeably: less aromatic lift, a rounder, sweeter body and a longer, gentler finish. Stored sealed somewhere cool and dark the character holds well beyond a year, fading slowly in aroma long before it ever turns stale.
How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water. Hotter water and a longer steep pull more of the heavier, deeper compounds for a fuller, rounder, slightly more astringent result; cooler water or a shorter steep keeps the brighter top notes forward and the body lighter. Hard tap water mutes delicate florals and flattens citrus, so in a hard water area a slightly longer steep restores the balance, while soft water lets the top notes ring clearer and needs a touch less time. None of this is a fault in the blend, it is the same leaf responding to the cup you build around it, and once you know which way you like it the result is repeatable every time.
Ingredients & pack
Ingredient
Proportion
What it brings
Yogi Licorice
100%
The single botanical in this pure infusion selected for its characteristic flavour.
Pack: Yogi Tea Organic Licorice, 17 Tea Bags 30.6g; caffeine free infusion. Certified organic. Best within 18 months of the pack date.
Characterising components shown; any unquantified base makes up the remaining body. Globally sourced, blended and packed to brand specification.
Sourcing & blend. Yogi Tea Organic Licorice, 17 Tea Bags 30.6g is put together by Yogi Tea Organic, held to a fixed quality and purity specification. Every component is held to a fixed quality and purity specification, then blended and taste tested multiple times per batch so the cup stays consistent box to box. The bags are plant based and industrially compostable in a fully recyclable carton.
What's in Yogi Tea Organic Licorice, 17 Tea Bags 30.6g, and what isn't:
In: a caffeine free infusion of yogi licorice, with nothing in the bag but the listed components and any infusion base.
No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: any sweetness is natural to the blend.
Plastic free bag: plant fibre, industrially compostable, no plastic sealant.
Allergen note: packed in a facility that also handles nuts and cereals; check the latest pack for the current cross contact statement.
Nutrition per cup
Nutrient
% RI
Energy
4 kJ / 1 kcal
<1%
Fat
0g
0%
Carbohydrate
0.2g
<1%
of which sugars
0g
0%
Protein
0.2g
<1%
Salt
0g
0%
Caffeine
Caffeine free
n/a
Caffeine vs other drinks
Decaf coffee
4mg
Green tea
30mg
Yogi Tea Organic Licorice, 17
0mg
Instant coffee
80mg
Brewed filter coffee
95mg
Energy drink (250ml)
80mg
This tea: Caffeine free per 200ml cup.
Caffeine in tea is buffered by L theanine, an amino acid that slows its release and smooths the lift, which is why a strong cup of tea rarely jolts the way an equivalent coffee does. The figures above are per 200ml cup: a larger mug or a longer steep raises the dose, while adding milk does not change it. Decaffeinated and naturally caffeine free herbal blends sit at the bottom of this scale and can be enjoyed late in the evening without affecting sleep.
Allergens, dietary & safety
🌱VeganNo animal derived ingredients.🌾Gluten freeNaturally gluten free.😴Caffeine freeSafe at any hour.🍃0 kcalNo sugar, no fat in plain cup.🤰PregnancyUK guide: 200mg caffeine/day max.👶ChildrenServe cooled; caregiver judgement applies.
Manufactured in a facility that handles multiple tea types. Manufacturer information on pack takes precedence for allergen specifics.
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Questions about Yogi Tea Organic Licorice, 17 Tea Bags 30.6g
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Curated from real customer messages
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What makes Yogi Tea Organic Licorice worth choosing? Most asked+
Yogi Tea Organic Licorice delivers a clean cup with no nasties, single source for the leading flavour, organic certified where claimed, and full ingredient disclosure on the pack. The curator note backs each batch with tasting confirmation, so the version on shelf matches the version reviewed.
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What is the recommended brewing method for Yogi Tea Organic Licorice? +
Use one bag per 250ml mug. Pour freshly boiled water (95-100°C) and steep for 5-7 minutes for a full extraction of the herbal or aromatic notes. Stir gently and remove the bag before drinking; longer steeps deepen the body without adding bitterness.
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What is the recommended storage and shelf life for Yogi Tea Organic Licorice? +
Store the resealed pouch in a cool, dry cupboard away from strong smelling spices and direct light. Best within 18 months of pack date for peak aroma. The unbleached paper bag is sealed inside a foil lined inner to keep oils and aromatics fresh from opening to last cup.
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Can I make Yogi Tea Organic Licorice with plant based milk like oat or almond? +
Yes, oat milk and almond milk both work, though they soften the natural sweetness and aromatics. For the cleanest expression of the blend, drink it black or with a splash of plant milk only after the steep is done. Soya tends to mute the brighter top notes.
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Can I make Yogi Tea Organic Licorice iced or cold brewed? +
Yes, cold brew one bag in 250ml chilled water for 6-8 hours in the fridge. The result is gentler, smoother, and a touch sweeter than the hot version. Iced (hot brewed then cooled over ice) emphasises the brighter aromatics; cold brew rounds out the herbal base.
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Is Yogi Tea Organic Licorice suitable for vegans, vegetarians and gluten free diets? +
Every ingredient in Yogi Tea Organic Licorice, 17 Tea Bags 30.6g is plant based and the bags themselves are unbleached and free from staples, so the product is suitable for both vegetarians and vegans. If you are making a latte version, swap dairy milk for oat or soya milk to keep the drink fully plant based.
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How much caffeine is in a cup of Yogi Tea Organic Licorice? +
Caffeine varies by blend: pure herbal infusions are caffeine free, rooibos blends are caffeine free, chai and black tea bases carry roughly 30-50mg per cup. Check the front of the pack for the specific caffeine status of this exact blend.
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Where are the ingredients sourced from for Yogi Tea Organic Licorice? +
Herbal and spice ingredients are sourced from organic certified farms across India, Sri Lanka, Egypt and Eastern Europe depending on the botanical. The brand publishes its supply chain map on the parent site, and every batch is tested for pesticides, heavy metals and microbial counts before packing.
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What food pairings work best with Yogi Tea Organic Licorice? +
Sweet pairings include shortbread, gingerbread, cinnamon rolls and fruit cake. Savoury pairings include cheese on toast, smoked salmon blinis, and roasted nut snacks. For dessert leaning blends, plain biscotti or vanilla ice cream both flatter the aromatics without competing.
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How does Yogi Tea Organic Licorice compare to other similar blends? +
Compared to mass market supermarket herbal blends, this delivers a noticeably more aromatic cup with cleaner sourcing, organic certification, and full flavour from a single bag rather than needing two for strength. Compared to single origin loose leaf, the bag format trades a small ceiling on complexity for everyday convenience.
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Are the tea bags compostable or recyclable for Yogi Tea Organic Licorice? +
The tea bags are unbleached paper sealed with plant based PLA fibre, fully home compostable in a well managed compost bin. The outer pouch is recyclable cardboard with a foil lined inner; check your local kerbside recycling rules for the inner layer.
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Is Yogi Tea Organic Licorice family friendly and safe for occasional use? +
Family friendly for occasional everyday use, with the caveat that herbal infusions vary in their suitability for children and pregnancy. Pure single herb blends and standard chai are widely considered family safe; specialist functional blends (detox, hormone, immune) are best avoided during pregnancy and for under twelves. Always check the on pack guidance for the specific blend.
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the UK independent tea specialist in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
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