Moroccan Mint

It seems like everyone is making fancy iced tea today, and I have some fresh fruit in the fridge so I thought I’d experiment! Cut up a huge strawberry, macerated it in sugar and lime juice while the tea was brewing, poured it over ice and added a ton of sugar and a splash of pineapple juice. Fruity, minty, sweet, a little tart, and SO refreshing. It’s already brutally hot outside (thanks, NY weather), so I think I’ll be adding this to the regular iced-tea lineup: good thing limes are 10 for a buck!

Loose
Appearance: deep green gunpowder pearls
Aroma when Dry: powdery mint
After water is first poured: vanilla mint icing
Tea liquor:
At end of steep: faint green
Staple? Type yes, won’t buy brand again
Preferred time of day: any
Taste:
At first?: mint candy, slight chalkiness
As it cools?: mint notes open and flatten somehow
Additives used (milk, honey, sugar etc)? No
Lingers? Yes, very mild mint and vanilla notes

I bought this because I needed a Moroccan Mint fast with the very early summer in the States. It had no flavoring, which is the way I prefer my teas. However, my previous experiences with Moroccan Mint have been with spearmint-this tea is blended with peppermint. I have never been a fan of straight peppermint-I prefer it with chocolate or with other flavors such as in Celestial Seasonings Candy Cane Lane, but I thought I’d give it a try.

RoT instructs you to brew at water temperatures just before boiling. I steeped at 195 as little as 2 minutes and as long as 4. The peppermint in this tea is just not to my liking. It’s not overpowering, but the peppermint still tastes like a lifesaver candy. I cannot imagine enjoying this iced-which was the way I had planned to drink much of it. Mostly, I would say this is just my personal preference and not an indictment of the tea, therefore I am not giving a number rating to it. I would rather just give in and have flavored spearmint Moroccan than buy it with peppermint again. No way I am finishing this-I’ll give it to my mom the next time I see her.

perfect for an hot summer… how i miss an hot summer!

I can’t get enough of the smell of this tea! Nice minty flavor with what is basically just a green tea.

One of my favorite teas. I’m used to Moroccan mint tea with spearmint and I think this one is peppermint but it doesn’t matter – this is by far my favorite go-to tea.

Delicious! I really haven’t found a Morocco mint blend that I like quite as much as this one. Cool and refreshing without feeling like you’ve been chewing gum when it’s done.

Republic of Tea’s version stands out from the rest, because they use peppermint instead of spearmint. I wager you’ll not find a tastier mint tea outside Morocco.

Having this tea again, and still loving it. Since my first taste I’ve tried it cold…not bad, but I prefer this tea hot much more. It tastes good without any sweeteners, but I’m a honey in my tea kind of gal, so I’m sticking with my tsp of honey.

I find one perfect tea spoon of this stuff at 2.5 min steeping does the trick, not too strong, but not bland at all. The mint flavor really pops from this tea, and the aroma is really nice too.

The mint is mild and the tea is lovely, very refreshing, esp with a bit of honey.