I will confess, it was the name of this tea that made me buy it. Now it’s actually time to try it, though, I’m not so sure. For some reason, I’m having a hard time processing the combination of ingredients. I mean, rooibos and chamomile? Okay. Rooibos and peppermint? Okay. But rooibos, chamomile AND peppermint? Does not compute. It smells nice, though, like one of those butter mint hard-boiled sweets. Still, though. It even looks odd in the bag – red rooibos, green peppermint leaves, and yellow chamomile flowers. They clash!
Anyway, I’m going to stop making judgements about this, and actually try it. Into the water it goes. 5 minutes later, the water is, unsurprisingly, rooibos red. The scent is mainly of chamomile and rooibos, but the mint is also detectable. So far, not so unexpected. To taste, it’s actually better than I thought it was going to be. The chamomile takes centre stage, and it’s sweet, vaguely floral, and honey-like. Second is the peppermint, which adds a cool, menthol-like effect to the sip, and actually pairs with the chamomile better than I thought it would. I suppose they’re both quite sweet flavours, so I’m not sure why I thought they would hate each other. The rooibos remains firmly in the background, and actually does a pretty good job of bringing the two flavours together. It does taste a bit like a butter mint, which is actually a very pleasant flavour now I come to think about it. An unexpected pre-lunch treat!
