This should be renamed Fennel tea. Because that's all I could taste. Yes, it is the first ingredient and I probably should have acknowledged that more, but its different than chewing on fennel seeds at the end of an Indian meal. It is Fennel. Strange and sweetened by licorice (which also has a pronounced taste).As a fasting tea, I came to see it as: if you force yourself to drink a cup before a meal, you will lose you appetite entirely. Effective, sure. But certainly unpleasant. I'd rather have a different cup of Yogi tea, like Egyptian Licorice or Gingko Clarity to take my mind off of eating and satisfy restless tastebuds.