Hoo boy.
A few weeks ago, I got some Moroccan mint tea with peppermint in it. It was okay, but I’ve found that peppermint can get harsh really quickly. So I busted out this sample I got last week, hoping that the spearmint in this tea would be more to my liking.
I didn’t like this at all. Which is a shame, really.
I don’t know how to describe this – there just seemed something off about the green tea base. Like it was stale or old or slightly spoiled. Highly unpleasant. I underleafed the tea – the steeping instructions say to use 1 tsp of leaf for every 6 oz, and I only had 3 tsp of leaf yet still made a 24-oz pot – but I doubt that’s the culprit here. There was just something really unpleasant about the whole thing.
I poured out a mug for my mother (who has a cold, and even if she didn’t, wouldn’t really know better to know this tastes off) and poured a mug for myself. I couldn’t even finish the one mug I poured, and just tossed the remainder of the pot down the drain.
It’s entirely possible that this tea would suit someone else, but it just tasted odd to me. What a waste.
Edit: This is a sipdown, thank goodness.
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yay for sipdowns of teas you’re not a fan of haha
I didn’t even know I wasn’t going to be a fan of this one, even! It’s so weird – I like green tea, I like mint, but I’ve found it hard to find a good green tea with mint. I really hope the Just Marvelous Moroccan Mint Tea from Just Organic is good, since that was one of the rewards I chose in their kickstarter survey.
yay for sipdowns of teas you’re not a fan of haha
I didn’t even know I wasn’t going to be a fan of this one, even! It’s so weird – I like green tea, I like mint, but I’ve found it hard to find a good green tea with mint. I really hope the Just Marvelous Moroccan Mint Tea from Just Organic is good, since that was one of the rewards I chose in their kickstarter survey.