What is the best blend of Chinese 5 spice?

[bobsmom]

what is the best blend of chinese 5 spice? i've found several different blends but can't decide which is best or most authentic.

[jennyema]

Five spice powder is a blend of cinnamon, fennel, star anise, cloves and szechwan pepper. It used to be illegal to import szechwan pepper into the US, but it is now ok.

[Piccolina]

If you want to make it yourself at home and don't care for the flavour of cloves you can swap them for allspice, like I do

[luckytrim]

Five Spice Powder,
Makes 5 tablespoons

1 t ground cinnamon
1 T ground cloves
1 T fennel seed
1 T star anise
1 T Szechwan peppercorns