SoeosCulinary Chinese Five Spice, Five Spice Blend Powder, Non-GMO, Non-irradiated, No preservatives, No MSG, 1 oz (Package may Vary).

True Five Spice is made with Sichuan Peppercorn, which this brand does include! To save money, most Five-Spice blends substitute Sichuan with white peppercorn or some other peppercorn. . McCormick, the mass producer of spices doesn't even use ANY peppercorn in their five-spice blend, they substitute ginger! Even in our local chinese grocery stores (we have 5 within 40 miles) the cheap 5-spices don't use Sichuan peppercorns.And YES, IT ABSOLUTELY EFFECTS THE FLAVOR. Compared side-by-side, Sichuan peppercorns have a distinctly different aroma / flavor. McCormick, the mass producer of spices doesn't even use ANY peppercorn in their five-spice blend, they substitute ginger!That said, my first use of this particular 5-Spice was in a batch of Chinese boneless spare ribs like they sell at the Chinese take-out places.My kids are pretty particular about their chinese take-out, if my homemade version is 'off', they let me know rather quick. I was pleased that they were happy to gobble up all of the boneless spare ribs that I put on the table. And I agree with them, the flavor was spot-on for our local chinese take-out place.Very pleased.

It was just what I needed!

Love the smell. Tried it in my chai, not sure about that. Has many spices in it that I have in my chai but maybe the flavor is slightly off for chai. But I'm glad I got it. A little goes along ways.

I only used it a couple of times so far but i will use it again as it has a pretty good flavor with a little kick

Maybe just me.....flavor was a little dull (lacking 5 spice usual punch) Could have been stale. Recipes didn't seem to suffer with peer reviews. (: