I ordered this to remake Morrocan mint.
I made this just now with fresh mint.
It does not taste like Morrocan mint.
I’m not even sure it tastes like anything. :c
I get a vegetal note, but not much smokiness and I guess my mint doesn’t give as much mint as the mint tea I’d had before because I don’t get really any mint at all.
By itself, I don’t think the gunpowder really impresses me that much. Maybe I did something wrong. I’m disappointed.
Weirdly, the Morrocan mint I’ve liked best so far… is Teavannas. That makes one tea by them I like. >_<
Flavors: Mint, Smoke, Vegetal
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Did you put a shit load of mint? I do my own as well, I put the gunpowder first in the pot and fill the the pot with mint. Also, I use higher temp water, fresh mint needs really hot water to give. Because the mint is on top on the tea, by the time the water hits the tea, its temp. has decreased so you won’t “burn” it. Don’t know if it’s the “traditional” way of doing it, but it works well for me :-)
Thanks TeaFairy! I’ll have to try that.
I put like 5 mint leaves in it. I wasn’t sure how much was a lot if you know what I mean. This was definitely not a lot.
My mint plant may be too young for this. It doesn’t have enough leaves for me to strip like 4x as many off at a time. >_<
I should probably just get some mint tea to try with it. I’m really not much of a green thumb anyway and I’m afraid I’ll kill that poor mint plant trying to get enough mint in my tea.
From what I understand some gunpowder greens are more vegetal, and some are more smokey. I of course want the exact opposite of you and want vegetal and not smokey, haha
Haha well if you find a smokey one, maybe we will swap >_<
I wanted to make Morrocan mint, not minty salad! haha!
I found Pingshui Gunpowder by EnjoyingTea.com kind of smokey, I don’t know if it smokey enough for you but it was a little too smokey for me.
Also try 2 tsp instead of one. That’s what enjoyingtea said to do and I think that’s what contributed to the smokey ness with mine.
Have you ever tried Teavanna’s Morrocan Mint? It’s perfect. I don’t know how smokey it is. I just know it was minty enough. :D
I haven’t tried it, mint without chocolate and smokey are on my no thank you list haha
Haha… but mint is so good. I love my Foxtrot <3
I have a sample of lapsang souchong in the cupboard to try. It smells like a campfire. I guess that’ll tell me whether I like smokey or not.
Did you put a shit load of mint? I do my own as well, I put the gunpowder first in the pot and fill the the pot with mint. Also, I use higher temp water, fresh mint needs really hot water to give. Because the mint is on top on the tea, by the time the water hits the tea, its temp. has decreased so you won’t “burn” it. Don’t know if it’s the “traditional” way of doing it, but it works well for me :-)
Thanks TeaFairy! I’ll have to try that.
I put like 5 mint leaves in it. I wasn’t sure how much was a lot if you know what I mean. This was definitely not a lot.
My mint plant may be too young for this. It doesn’t have enough leaves for me to strip like 4x as many off at a time. >_<
I should probably just get some mint tea to try with it. I’m really not much of a green thumb anyway and I’m afraid I’ll kill that poor mint plant trying to get enough mint in my tea.
From what I understand some gunpowder greens are more vegetal, and some are more smokey. I of course want the exact opposite of you and want vegetal and not smokey, haha
Haha well if you find a smokey one, maybe we will swap >_<
I wanted to make Morrocan mint, not minty salad! haha!
I found Pingshui Gunpowder by EnjoyingTea.com kind of smokey, I don’t know if it smokey enough for you but it was a little too smokey for me.
Also try 2 tsp instead of one. That’s what enjoyingtea said to do and I think that’s what contributed to the smokey ness with mine.
Have you ever tried Teavanna’s Morrocan Mint? It’s perfect. I don’t know how smokey it is. I just know it was minty enough. :D
I haven’t tried it, mint without chocolate and smokey are on my no thank you list haha
Haha… but mint is so good. I love my Foxtrot <3
I have a sample of lapsang souchong in the cupboard to try. It smells like a campfire. I guess that’ll tell me whether I like smokey or not.