Perfectly Mint (Formerly Plantation Mint)

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
Black Tea, Spearmint
Flavors
Spearmint, Mint, Tea, Earth
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Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Kosher
Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 4 min, 15 sec 8 oz / 224 ml

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TIMES CHANGE. OUR TEA DOESN’T.

When I first created this tea, it was to share my love of Spearmint. That was the inspiration to blend handpicked tea from the beautiful tea gardens around the world with American grown Spearmint. Today we continue to hear that this is still the perfect blend, which is why we’re excited to change the name, but of course not the recipe, to better reflect how people feel about my tea. Thank you for continuing toRead more

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62 tasting notes

Wow. The mint here definitely packs a wallop—a very strong, crisp, cooling mint flavor. No hint of the taste of black tea—it’s completely masked—not that that’s necessarily a bad thing. This will wake you up!

Flavors: Spearmint

Preparation
3 min, 0 sec

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I love this tea. In fact, this tea alone turned me from a coffee person to a coffee-and-tea person! I love spearmint and the spearmint is the most pronounced flavor and scent. The black tea gives it a nice earthiness that blends perfectly with the sweet and cool spearmint. I’ve only had it hot but I can imagine that this would make a beautiful iced tea.

Flavors: Spearmint

Preparation
Boiling 4 min, 0 sec

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6 tasting notes

This was my mum’s favorite tea, so I didn’t get to taste it all that often. I used to steal a sip every once in a while, and was always astounded by the freshness in it. I knew it only as spearmint, not aware of it containing black and spearmint, because I never read the labels on the box.
My mom doesn’t buy it anymore, bent on spending less money, which is why my favorite brands of tea are lost to the ages, but she does still buy tea. A lot.
And spearmint is one of the types that I drink the most, surpassing even my green tea drinking. It’s our favorite tea, but I could never say no to a good cup of green, black, or chamomile.
I should write a review for spearmint alone, but my childish mind kept no track of what this one tasted like, other than the refreshing-ness.

Flavors: Mint, Spearmint

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I’m very glad to see that Bigelow decided to change the name of their Plantation Mint blend to Perfectly Mint. My bags still have the old name, but I’ve updated Steepster to reflect the change. Well, except for the pictures; I can’t change those. Having this with some blueberry pancakes for a late breakfast, but I don’t really like pancakes so I’m about to ditch for some pimento cheese or something. Oh yeah.

This tea is pretty straightforward. The spearmint flavor is obvious and proud, but it balances nicely with the black tea base. Mint on its own isn’t my favorite, more of a sick-time tea, but I like it mixed with black tea. I’ll up my rating a bit on this one. I may or may not buy it again, but I’ll definitely enjoy what I have left.

Flavors: Spearmint

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 min, 0 sec 8 OZ / 236 ML
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Nattie 5 years ago

I tried to change the picture, and the new one is showing up in the edit page but not on the saved page. Weird :/

Shae 5 years ago

Thank you for trying!

tea-sipper 5 years ago

Don’t? Like? Pancakes?!?!

Shae 5 years ago

Yep, I hate how they get soggy when just a little syrup touches them and I’d much rather have a crunchy waffle – all that butter tucked into the little waffle pockets. I LOVE waffles. But my husband likes pancakes so once every couple years or so I indulge him. :)

ashmanra 5 years ago

Shae – BUTTER IN WAFFLE POCKETS YAAAAAAASSSS!!!!! I did love it when my mother made me silver dollar pancakes as a child, though! I think they don’t get soggy because they are so tiny that they are all gone before they can sit in syrup very long! I haven’t made pancakes in years, but I am really tempted to gave waffles for supper now,,,

tea-sipper 5 years ago

Do it, ashmanra! Waffles for supper!

ashmanra 5 years ago

tea-sipper: I did! Ha ha!

Shae 5 years ago

Come to think of it, I do like the tiny pancakes best! There’s something so fun about having breakfast for dinner. It’s like a small rebellion. Did the waffles turn out as good as you’d hoped?

ashmanra 5 years ago

Shae: Absolutely! And I made bacon to go with them, to cut the sweetness of the maple syrup! Yummy!

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17 tasting notes

It’s hard for me to find a BLACK mint tea that really hits the spot—I like a strong, crisp mint flavor—but this does it for me. The mint is clearly spearmint, so if that’s not a mint you like, steer clear of this. It’s really, really refreshing on ice.

Flavors: Spearmint

Preparation
3 min, 0 sec 2 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML

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7 tasting notes

I don’t mind the taste, but wish the smell wasn’t super strong.

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Hello Steepster. Sorry I’ve been absent. Its not been my intention. I’m just very busy, and a little ill. My stomach is really choosy right now, making me loose my appetite, and not wanting more than a few bites. I didn’t want to try my usually beloved black tea, this morning, so my boyfriend rummaged and found some mint tea for me.
Good old mint tea. Does wonders for a jumpy stomach, and always makes me calmer. Its powerful stuff.

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737 tasting notes

Probably the best blend I’ve encountered from Bigelow. Their herbals are too hibiscus-heavy, and their chais are weak— the astringent black base overpowers them. This one is perfectly balanced and reliable. I like the subtle earth notes and the cleanness of the mint.

That being said, I probably won’t restock it once it’s gone, which after tomorrow, it will be. It was pleasant enough, but not worthy of a permanent status in my cupboard. Onward!

Flavors: Earth, Spearmint

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dragondrool 10 years ago

The first time I ever tried this tea I was not impressed at all. The taste reminded me of the smell “eau de gym sock”. I avoided mint tea for the longest time after that, until I tried Moroccan mint a couple of years ago. Loving that, I bought a fresh boxc of Plantation mint to give it another go, and found it to be quite pleasant the second time around. Not an everyday go-to tea, by any means, but nice. I think that initial tea bag wayyyyy back when must of have just been ancient. I probably won’t restock this one, either, but I am glad I tried it again.

teaqueen 10 years ago

Lol “eau de gym sock.” Yeah, unfortunately I mostly end up settling for bagged teas during the week because they’re just easier to make at work. This one was just “tolerable” but decidedly not “fabulous.” I had to double-bag it to get a drinkable cuppa out of it.

Haley Dee 10 years ago

Your evaluation of Bigelow tea’s is spot on! I think Bigelow is generally the bottom of the barrel, haven’t tried this one but I’m weary of mint in general

teaqueen 10 years ago

Me too. Mint is overused.

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My first sip of this tea was a bit disappointing; it tasted like I’d made a spearmint tisane. The underlying black tea was very weak. After “over steeping” it, however, I found that I had a smooth cup of black tea with the refreshing taste of spearmint. :)

The second steeping is much more black tea. There is just enough mint to have a nice refreshing tingle in the aftertaste.

Flavors: Spearmint

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Um…this tea is okay, but it always reminds me of being sick. Its a little too much spearmint and not enough other flavors.

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