Asia | Sweet success
Liquorice flourishes in salty soils of the dried-up Aral Sea
Karakalpakstan is the sweet root’s new production hub
|Nukus
They put liquorice in their vodka in Karakalpakstan. Its sweetness softens the local liquor, Qarataw (named for the nearby mountain range), making it a surprisingly palatable tipple.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Sweet success”
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