Just Marvelous Minty Green

Here’s Hoping TTB

This is exactly what the name promises! Smooth, cool, refreshing mint. I had it hot this morning but I’m guessing it would also be excellent iced. And I love that it’s 100% organic! This one may be staying at my house…

Here’s Hoping Traveling Tea Box

I love green tea and I love mint. There was a tea shop when I lived in Missouri that had (well, has) a delicious mint green tea that I kept in my stash. This isn’t quite that but simple and enjoyable. The mint is there, though not as strong as I’d personally like.

This was a tea from Christina. Thanks Christina! Sorry I am just trying it out now. I’ve been having my teas lately but only ones I’ve already reviewed. I have plenty of samples to get through but just wasn’t in the mood to try something new until now.

So I was wondering what was in this tea and had to check it out. It’s just green tea and spearment. I also was wondering if it would be like Morrocan Tea which is green tea and peppermint. The answer: Yes and no. There are similarities but it is different as well. This is a lighter brew than a Morrocan green tea. The spearmint is lighter with a slight citrus edge to it that peppermint doesn’t have. Still very minty like a Morrocan tea with the green tea base giving it body.

An enjoyable cup!

Additional notes: I thought I had left this in the HH teabox for too many rounds and was a little worried about it ( it was the only tea I left in for that long) because it is in the Fort Knox of tea pouches and one of those small tea shops. It turns out, I’m glad I left it in that long because this tea still tastes FANTASTIC. I have no idea how, especially as it has traveled so much in the teabox, it’s a green tea and it is organic. But somehow it still tastes so fresh! I’ll be enjoying what remains anyway…

Mmmmm. I loooovveeee minty teas. I normally get herbal but this one is perfect! Now I can drink mint tea EVERYDAY. It is not one of those teas that leave a taste in your mouth, it’s really interesting. You have the taste while it’s in your mouth but then nothing.

[[ I do two steeps with all my teas. ]]

Wow, first note for this tea! The pressure, it’s so intense.

This was the first tea I tried after I got my Just Organic kickstarter teas. I have to admit that out of all their blends, this is the one I was looking forward to most, because I’m a sucker for spearmint.

I’m really going to have to try brewing this again, though, as the flavour from my first attempt at making it tastes somewhat… off, somehow. Sipping the tea was fine, as I tasted mint and a fairly non-descript green tea in the background. However, if I chugged a lot of tea at once, I got this weird taste hovering in the background I couldn’t figure out.

I’ve noticed that if I oversteep peppermint, there’s sometimes a really harsh chemical taste, so I’m wondering if that’s what’s going on here with the spearmint. Anyways, more experimentation is needed.