Five spice consists of ginger, cinnamon, cloves, fennel and star anise. There are a lot of varieties of spice blends for five spice which includes more than the 5 mentioned spices.

The five spice blend I own is made up of the following spices: star anise (48 %), ginger (23 %), cloves (12 %), cinnamon (8 %), fennel, szechuan pepper og nutmeg.

five spice powder