Soeos Cinnamon Sticks Bulk + Star Anise Whole + Whole Cloves Bulk, 4oz Each, All Natural, No Preservative, Starter Spice Set, Perfect Refill for Kitchen Spices

This is a great way to hasten wintertime yummy drinks. I've used it on mulled wine, cider and now tea. It smells great and tastes the same. Easy to use.

Makes an excellent mulled wine! I used 2 packages worth for the mulled wine I made (about 3-4 bottles of wine worth). I would recommend putting the spices in a tea bag used for looseleaf tea. The little pieces of rosemary were a giant pain to skim from the mulled wine.

You can use these for many things like cooking, freshener etc.

....of "Bam".For most home cooks/bakers, star anise and whole cloves are a bit of an oblique spice.Since Christmas, I've been wanting to bake something sweet and spicy.I knew that something was going to have cloves in it.Having never ground whole cloves before, I did a search; I knew it would involve my blade type coffee/spice grinder but didn't want to damage the grinder.What I found was: "roast the cloves in a cast iron (I did them in a carbon steel ) pan for a couple of minutes and let them cool...."Into the spice grinder they went and I ended up with a beautiful dark rust/brown colored powder.I tasted just a teeny bit on my tongue.You know how when you drink something that's too hot it leaves the tip of your tongue sort of stunned?....and so, that's why this is getting the nickname of another type of "Bam!"It was so strong, but such a good clove-ee flavor, I knew I had the makings of my low carb spicy muffin recipe.I was pretty cautious in how much went into a 12 muffin recipe; like somewhere around 1/8 of a teaspoon. There was also fresh and powdered ginger in there.So YUM.The cloves are in there but sort of lurking in the background; I can taste them but am glad I was cautious in how much I used; the flavor is so perfectly rounded out; sweet, spicy and I can just hear Misses Shops too much, "what else is in there....?"I'm thinking the next time I make carnitas, just, again, the teeniest pinch of cloves is going in there; (now I want to make carnitas......).The star anise.Because it has the word "anise" in it, I like many, that don't typically use it, put it in the category of actual anise. I avoid real anise and black licorice because of potential health conflicts. So doing a search on "STAR Anise" I found (and you will too, if you do a search) that there are actually many health benefits associated with it, and NO RELATION to "regular" anise.I haven't cooked with it yet, but for fun, I put a piece in my mouth; tasted like black licorice.A little wonky, awkward, to put in your mouth, I'll admit, but I liked the flavor.The cinnamon sticks;My thumbs are not a willing participant in breaking these in order to grind them. For this review, I broke one and found it to be not something I want to do, so, honestly, these will likely go unused.For the sake of this review, I took that one that I broke and put it in my mortar and pestle to grind it.Again, for me, more effort than I want to expend, so MIGHT use the spice grinder in the future, but not today. That which I did grind had a wonderful cinnamon fragrance, but not so wonderful as to get me to not use a good pre-ground product.Overall, I perceive these to be wonderful quality products and will enjoy using them in my cooking and baking adventures; glad I ordered.I hope this review has enabled you to make an informed purchase decision.I rarely give an overall 5 star rating.

I was so happy to find this bundle as I needed these 3 spices specifically. They are decent quality ~ the cloves and star anise have nice strong scents and flavors, the cinnamon sticks are very nice but I haven't had any spectacular cinnamon for the past few years 🤷🏼‍♀️These sticks have a nice subtlety sweet scent and flavor so I am happy with all of them.

The spices are very fresh and very fragrant.

Good quality spices that arrived in perfect condition in a timely manner. I would buy again.

Full flavor, use with all my baking