Wild Kumquat & Licorice Infusion Tea

Why people make this tea

A friend brought Nourilo a bag of wild-picked kumquats — the small, intensely fragrant kind, quite different from the large cultivated ones sold in shops. Wild kumquats are naturally sun-dried without any additives, and their flavour is remarkable. Combined with a few slices of licorice root, they make one of the easiest throat-soothing teas you will ever brew: snip the dried fruit open, pour on boiling water, wait five minutes, and drink. The tea smells wonderful and is genuinely helpful for the kind of stubborn, phlegmy cough that seems to hang around for days.