Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Hampstead Tea
Tea Description:
Refreshing and healthy, our mint green tea has a mellow flavour and cooling finish.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
When it comes to mint teas, I often find myself preferring mint tisanes or pure mint leaves (and my preference is peppermint) over mint combined with tea leaves, because as I’ve found a few mint teas where the mint has overwhelmed the flavor of the tea leaves so much that the taste of the tea is almost indiscernible. But that is not the case of this Organic Mint Green Tea from Hampstead Tea.
In fact, the green tea seems to dominate! The peppermint is strong enough to be tasted here, but, it isn’t so strong that it overpowers the green tea … instead, the sweet, smooth flavor of the green tea works to soften some of the zesty flavor of the peppermint … making for a much nicer delivery. This doesn’t taste like mouthwash … it tastes like a sweet, lovely, delicious tea!
Oh, sure, it has that crisp, invigorating flavor of peppermint, and the palate feels clean and refreshed after sipping … but, it doesn’t feel like I poured mouthwash in my teacup and started sipping. It has a lightly vegetative, slightly buttery taste of green tea … and the palate notices this immediately. Then, the zesty flavor of peppermint is recognized.
I love that this tea is organic and fair trade … but what I love most is that this tea is more tea than it is mint! Well done, Hampstead Tea!
