Nice, bright peppermint with a grassy note. I don’t know if I’ve had peppermint leaves from the Northwest before. It’s a very pleasant taste, much nicer than peppermint starlight candy or minty toothpaste. Heck, I don’t even use minty toothpaste any more. Bleh.
I remember my favorite tea with peppermint was an herbal from Peet’s, from when they made their own teas, called Xiao’s Blend. It had chamomile and peppermint. Oh hey, they still sell it online, interesting. By the pound?! Is it made by Mighty Leaf? So many questions. Would probably be easy enough to approximate with bulk chamomile and peppermint leaves.
Anyway, got off track there. This tea is good. I’ve now tried each type from my Steven Smith sampler, time to make an order to stock the tea shelf at the office.
Flavors: Grass, Peppermint
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None of their hibi’s in the variety pack?
None. Weird, huh?
The leaf is from the PNW? I wonder if it’s the same source as Two Leaves and a Bud’s peppermint. That stuff blows me away.
Yes, it says so on the packet. :) No idea about Two Leaves and a Bud.
Since SST is a Portland-based brand, I’m not surprised they are using PNW peppermint. I’m pretty sure Jasmine Pearl and other Portland-area tea blenders use peppermint from the area as well. Living in a PNW state, I approve.
Still surprised that neither of SST’s hibi blends were in the sampler, though! I think I have one sample bag of them I got through a trade I have yet to try (Big Hibiscus and Red Nectar, I believe were the blend names). I also still have some samples of a few of their other blacks and whites… I don’t have it, but I really want to try their rose genmaicha one day!
Rose genmaicha was in my order!
Oh, I bet it is lovely!
None of their hibi’s in the variety pack?
None. Weird, huh?
The leaf is from the PNW? I wonder if it’s the same source as Two Leaves and a Bud’s peppermint. That stuff blows me away.
Yes, it says so on the packet. :) No idea about Two Leaves and a Bud.
Since SST is a Portland-based brand, I’m not surprised they are using PNW peppermint. I’m pretty sure Jasmine Pearl and other Portland-area tea blenders use peppermint from the area as well. Living in a PNW state, I approve.
Still surprised that neither of SST’s hibi blends were in the sampler, though! I think I have one sample bag of them I got through a trade I have yet to try (Big Hibiscus and Red Nectar, I believe were the blend names). I also still have some samples of a few of their other blacks and whites… I don’t have it, but I really want to try their rose genmaicha one day!
Rose genmaicha was in my order!
Oh, I bet it is lovely!