We source our star anise from forest villages in Vietnam’s northern mountain region. Lang Son is the center of this region and is prized as the kingdom of star anise. Families from the surrounding villages forage the star anise flowers twice a year, in August and January.

We source directly from the foragers collecting the star anise and move to our facility in Quang Tri where we perform a hand sort to remove broken, malformed, discolored, and off-sizes. Star anise is very fragile and breaks easily.

Once sorted in Quang Tri, we ship to our facility in San Rafael, California where we perform a final sort to remove any broken pieces from transit to ensure bottle-ready product.

The result is three products we offer: sorted star anise, broken pieces, and larges. The broken pieces are an economical choice for grinding and blending. Please note, the larges are really beautiful full stars but do not fit into a standard 4 oz. spice jar.

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Appearance:

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Flavor Profile:

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Health Benefits:

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Cultural Significance:

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Harvest Time: July and December

Grades:

• Mixed (unsorted)

• Premium (<1% sorted to remove smalls, bigs, malformed, off colors, and brokens)

• Larges (beautiful stars, but will not fit in standard 4 oz. spice jar)

Production: Grows naturally in the forest of Long San, Vietnam. Hand harvested, shade dried.

Certificate of Analysis:

Water activity <0.80

Molds <0.01%

Foreign Matter <0.01%

• Sustainably foraged

• Sorted, more consistent unbroken, beautiful stars

• Single Origin / Farmer Direct

• Supports farmers in Vietnam

• Very clean

This product is available in small volumes (15 lbs.) and pallet orders (600 lbs.).

For volumes exceeding 1,800 lbs, pre-harvest arrangements must be made.

Please make arrangements for larger volume orders prior to harvest in June and December.