Organic Peppermint Sample Sachet

Organic peppermint leaf from Egypt, on its own, and cut rather than powdered. That is the whole difference between this and a supermarket mint teabag. Whole leaf peppermint has volatile oils still in it, so it is sharper, cooler and much more assertive.

Peppermint is the tea most people assume they already know, and it is the one where the quality gap is widest. Four serves is a cheap and quick way to test whether that gap is real, and it is the sort of thing you notice on the first cup.

One teaspoon in freshly boiled water for two to three minutes, and cover the cup while it steeps. Peppermint's oils leave in the steam, so an uncovered mug loses a good deal of what you paid for. It needs nothing added.

$3.50 for four cups, $12.00 for the 70g pouch. Organic Peppermint in full size, there is a bagged version too, and the rest is in the herbal collection.