STRAWBERRY LIQUORICE

Looking around for something different to try, I stumbled across Henry Goode's strawberry liquorice, something I have loved since a child but not had for what seems like decades, so iv decided to have a nibble and give it a review at the same time.

The packaging is a brown paper bag style and just by looking at it you know its an old fashioned product, In fact Liquorice in the form of a candy has been around since the 1600s when it was first invented in Holland, In the UK we probably think of Pontefract as being the Liquorice producing capital, Pontefract's deep sandy soil makes it one of the few British places in which liquorice can be successfully grown. It still has a number of liquroice manufactures there today.

On opening the pack the dark burgundy liquorice sticks fall out, they glisten in the light, almost as if they have been polished before being packaged and im wondering if this is not a wax spray finish that has been added in the final stages of manufacture?

I decide to have a smell and am disappointed with the aroma, there is a small whiff of strawberry scent but not what i was expecting, but with this being a liquorice product and being a natural flavour it does not concern me in the slightest, I pop a stick in my mouth and chomp away.

The liquorice is chewy and sticks to your teeth, there is a distinct wax coating as i thought but this is probably added to stop the pieces sticking together, the strawberry flavour is there but not in your face, Its mild and tastes natural, there is no hint of aniseed at all but this is strawberry liquorice.

Summing up.

I like the packaging its old fashioned, the strawberry flavour tastes natural, I didn't like the wax coating, you can taste it and it leaves a coating on the roof of your mouth, would i buy again? I'm afraid the answer is no see what you think!

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