Moroccan Mint

Stash’s Moroccan Mint Green is well balanced and pretty smooth. I appreciate that I can taste the green tea – Young Hyson – which I’ve never knowingly drank. I think I got a nutty impression from it. The spearmint and peppermint are both present and mingle appropriately, never overwhelming. The lemongrass is thankfully light and adds just the right amount of citrus touch. Pretty good for a bagged green tea and nice to have after a second Thanksgiving meal.

Summer Vacation! I decided to do another bagged tea revisit. In general these are always such a disappoint, as I continually discover that the grocery store teas I used to be fine with back in the day I just can’t tolerate now that my palate is more sensitive. But I’m always willing to give them a second chance.

I do like Moroccan Mint blends, and this one actually uses Young Hyson Chinese green tea rather than gunpowder green (Moroccan Mint is one of the only times I actually find gunpowder green somewhat tolerable, it definitely isn’t my favorite kind of green) so that already improves it a bit for me. It’s also a mint/spearmint blend and includes a touch of lemongrass, and the last Moroccan Mint blend I tried that included a touch of citrus (it had lemon verbena) really worked for me, so maybe I’ll still like this one as much as I remember I used to? Then again, Stash has not had a very good revisit streak with me… I think I’ve only still liked one Stash tea upon revisit, with all the rest scoring very lowly with me upon revisit. Hmm…

I decided to do this one as one of my quart mason jars of iced tea. Prepared hot brewed first, then left to fully chill overnight before drinking. Call me shocked, it… still holds up! I mean, it’s by no means the most amazing Moroccan Mint tea I’ve had or anything (Steven Smith Teamaker’s full leaf Fez is far nicer), but as far as cheap, bagged tea goes… I can actually drink this and not think to myself, ugh, this tastes nasty, like I usually feel when I’m drinking cheap bagged tea. The spearmint leads as the dominant flavor, and is really refreshing as an iced tea. It’s nicely minty and lingers a bit on the tongue, and I feel I get that slight touch of citrus.

You’ve done okay with this one, Stash.

Mint is not one of my favorite flavors of tea, but this one isn’t too bad. The tea bag gave off a nice strong spearmint aroma, but the tea’s flavor ended up being a subtle mint.

Unfortunately mint teas are either too strong or too subtle for my palate rarely leaving a middle ground for me to enjoy.

I’ve been steeping this tea with a chocolate tea that I wasn’t a big fan of, either, creating a sort of chocolate mint. With a splash of milk and sugar the combination provides a nice sort of dessert-like tea.

If one is craving a strong mint tea this one may mislead you in what to expect for flavor, but I do prefer the (spearmint) flavor of this tea compared to Celestial Seasonings peppermint tea.

If I based my review solely on using this tea as part of a combination brew (like my chocolate mint) I would rate it a 50.

This has been my favourite Moroccan Mint blend for years. I’ve been trying to get into iced tea lately to make my daily water intake less of a chore (I aim for a gallon a day) so I started with this. In a 1 litre/1 quart mason jar I put 1 tea bag and filled it up with boiling water, then let it cool to room temp. before refrigerating overnight with the bag still in. It’s very light in flavour, but I prefer this way, and super refreshing! I enjoy it hot too! I have no complaints about this tea!

I did a side by side tasting yesterday with Tazo Zen. They are both green tea with mint and lemongrass. I prefer Moroccan MInt because, unlike Zen, I can actually taste the mint. There are other mint teas I like more, so I won’t buy this again.

It’s 33 degrees celcius today, more with the humidex. I am just relaxing with a glass of iced Moroccan Mint tea.

It’s a deep yellow colour, more yellow than the green tea alone. I have tried their premium organic green tea as well (see review) and the quality is excellent, so I was interested how the addition of mint would change it.

The combination of lemongrass and peppermint and spearmint reminds me a bit of lipton’s
Chamomile tea. All in all it is a cool and refreshing drink.

I used double bags and 200 mL of water for 2 min to boil this.

I enjoy the heat, and this drink reminds me of Turkish people sitting around with small glasses of mint tea.

I make this iced, and drink it all summer. Love the different types of mint in it.

Very minty, you can’t taste the green tea at all. Overall it is fairly plain. It is good hot but I like making it in a pitcher with lemon wedges and a bit of honey.

A good sick-tea. Not the best (that award goes to cold 911), but my dad bought it for me so I’ll use it up for whenever a stomach ache hits me.

1 teabag for 300mL water @80C, steeped 3 minutes.

I’ve been a Stash customer since 1989, when I could buy little individual foil-wrapped teabags at various cafes on my university campus. I fell hard for Stash. The little colourful packets of Earl Grey (grey, of course), Jasmine Spice (purple),Darjeeling (light blue), Irish Breakfast (green) … far and away, the best tea I could get. When I discovered I could order Stash through the mail (looooong before the internet), I was ecstatic.

So I’m kindly inclined to Stash. Some of their blends I run from, screaming, but most of them work for me. Their Moroccan Mint does. Stash does mint well. When you open the packet, the spearmint is pungent and sharp, and the peppermint is refreshing. The green tea base is none too exciting, but the mints ad a touch of lemongrass lift it up. Delightful.