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Asked by robertpeters1309 ·May 22, 2025 ·3.7k readers

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So I can only afford to buy one pound of angelica and it says you need two parts so is there any chance someone has already reduced mr.cho’s down maybe where your using and half pound of each herb ? And the conversation of the other ingredients as well?

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From the KNF library

From the KNF library Drafted by Claude from Office Hours and the books · Sep 2026 · 3 sources

Drake's library gives the ratio and the jar method. It gives no half-pound version.

The final blend is one part each garlic, ginger, licorice and cinnamon to two parts angelica. (Office Hours Ep. 60, 45:25) The student manual makes each herb in its own jar. Dry herbs fill a jar 1/3 full, with two jars of angelica and one each of licorice and cinnamon. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 25) So angelica gets twice the herb of the others.

  • Dry herbs soak two days in rice wine or beer. Then add brown sugar to bring the jar to 2/3 full. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 25)
  • Fresh ginger and garlic take an equal weight of brown sugar in the manual. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 25) Drake says that is too much. He uses one-third sugar to material, ferments three days, then adds alcohol. (Office Hours Ep. 24, 45:23) The two sources disagree.
  • Keep the extracts separate. Combine them in small batches as you use them. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 25)

The library does not give pounds per herb for a one-pound angelica batch.

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