SC - orris/iris root

Mon Dec 25 05:49:14 PST 2000

After taking a closer look at a bottle of 'Bombay Sapphire' (gin) I came across a spice/herb I haven't heard of. All spices used in the gin are listed and one of them is orris.  On the label it says 'Orris (Iris root), from Italy'.

I checked the spice pages at
http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/index.html
but couldn't find any info.  Anyone out there who could enlighten me ?
/Angus

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