Welcoming Winter: Stash's Merry Mint

Yule has come and (long) gone, along with Chanukah, Yalda, Christmas, Saturnalia, Kwanzaa, Festivus, and Bodhi Day. (Tried to catch all the holidays that tend to fall in December, but let me know if I missed one!) But I can still drink Christmas-themed teas right, even though it's not December?

[via Jannette Roberge]

Merry Mint is a green tea blend that smells, well, minty. Surprise, surprise, I know. But it's not just plain old peppermint: it has wintergreen oil in it. And spearmint leaves too. So it really does smell more like the candies in the photo above than a regular old run-of-the-mill mint tea might. If it were just peppermint and green tea, I'd be expecting something very much like Republic of Tea's Moroccan Mint that I tasted last summer. It also has a touch of lemongrass and ginger, in addition to the variety of minty flavors, so it's a different sort of beast.

I accidentally oversteeped this one, which usually makes green teas undrinkable for me. This one held up surprisingly well. The lemongrass actually comes through well too, which I didn't expect because mint is typically so strong. It's a little bit drying to the throat, but not so much so that I don't want to finish the cup. Green tea fans will probably enjoy this one far more than me, but I can certainly still appreciate it.

Minty, refreshing, and green. Holds up well to oversteeping and is refreshing without being too drying.

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