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Hi there 
I don't care for the taste much...so I mix them! I LOVE pepp tea with fennel and green tea mixed. Just me tho.
Lots of ppl mix their fennel up with other flavors cause they don't like the taste.
Do you like black licorice? If you do...you'll love fennel. If not...you might have to mix it. But NOTHING beats fennel tea when it comes to gas  
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Beth, I fill up my largest mug, pop it in the microwave for 2 minutes, drop a tea bag into the hot water and forget about it for 15 minutes. By the time I come back to it, the tea is strong and cool enough to sip on. Works like a charm for me!
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Beth, I am terrible! I double-bag & steep for at least five minutes! Heck, sometimes I even triple or quadrouple bag. I like it POTENT, lol! Yes, seriously. AND IT WORKS!!! Especially if I'm cramping.
Kate, IBS-D.
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Celestial Seasonings peppermint is ok, but Heather's is fantastic! It's way stronger and I've used it (plus a tablespoon of acacia) to stop a D attack dead.
I have both the loose tea (to use at home with a tea ball or teapot) and the teabags (for travel and for times where I feel too crappy to fiddle with a tea ball).
--AC, parenthetical today
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Thanks for the replies....I think I'm going to order it anyways and use the suggestions of mixing something with it. I'm sure if I experiment enough with it that I'll find my niche. I'd rather feel less bloated anyways. I've been so bloated lately that it seems like everything that I eat, even in small quantities, makes me feel like I ate a huge meal. It gets really frustrating after awhile as you all know. I'm so desperate that I am going for the fennel tea.
Thanks again,
Carol 
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the HFS brands have much, much smaller quantites of tea and the cost per tea bag is a lot higher. The volatile oil content is also a lot lower, as you're virtually never getting whole fennel seeds in tea bags from HFS.
There's more to look at than just flat price - look at price per quantity, and quality as well.
If it was easy for people to find high quality, whole seed fennel teas or tea bags with high volatile oil contents, I wouldn't bother carrying this on our website.
- Heather
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The poster just wanted a small sample to test the taste of fennel before buying yours. I thought this would help her decide about the taste...not that it is equivalent to yours.
I plan on ordering yours now.
Please don't think I was trying to compare the two!
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Constipation, pain prodominent,cramps, spasms and bloat!
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No problem!
#250799 - 03/08/06 01:24 PM
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Heather
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The taste might not be the same, though. It's hard to say - I've had regular store fennel tea that doesn't taste at all right to me, and other folks have said the same. Fresh fennel tastes a lot sweeter - if it's old it can taste kind of musty or bitter.
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I have the seeds too & think they're fantastic! I don't crush them at all. I put them in a strainer (that fits in my mug), pour hot water over them & let them sit for 10 min or so. The best part is after the tea is gone, I can nibble on the seeds to get more benefit. This takes a while to get used to cause the taste is kinda strong but it definitely helps with the bloating. I usually use about 2T per mug
Meryl
IBS-C
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I'm another one who lets it steep 15 mins or so.
You have to steep it! The stronger the tea, the more it's going to help!
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