Essence of the Orange    Herbs and spices are plants which delight the senses.  For centuries barks, roots, herbs and spices have been used in brewing beer and wine making not to mention cooking.  Wine makers and brewers add herbs and spices to balance flavors.     We believe that our herbs and spices are essential to the creation of unique specialty beer, wine, vinegar, tea and other beverages.  It has never been easier to find all of the herbs you need in one convenient location. Roots & Barks Cinnamon Birch Bark Sarsatparilla Licorice Root Jupiner Berries Seeds & Spices Cardamom Coriander Seed of Paradise Star Anise Herbs & Flowers Elderberries Elderflowers Heather Tips Jupiner Berries Mugwort Rose Hips Sweet Gale Wintergreen Leaves Wormwood Woodruff Hops Cascade Cluster Centennial Columbus Galena Goldings Glacier Liberty Mt. Hood Perle Saaz Spalt Sterling Vanguard Willamette Orange Peel SWEET ORANGE PEEL 1 oz. $2.35 Aurantium dulcis pericarpium. While a cousin to the Florida orange, this sweet variety will not give your beer a metallic taste like the domestic version.  If you're familiar with the taste of Cointreau or Grand Marnier, then you will be thrilled with the flavor that sweet orange peel can add to your Belgian style strong ales and special holiday brews. BITTER ORANGE PEEL 1 oz. $2.35 Aurantium amarae pericarpium. Also called "Curaçau orange peel", these green-gray peels are one of the most popular specialty herbs on the market.  They are used commercially by domestic brewers to duplicate the beer styles that put Belgium on the brewing map.  While not very bitter, they are a key ingredient in Belgian style white beers.   copyright 2004 J.R.Leverentz