Winter Mint

I’ve got the tree up and the lights on it! The house is still a disaster, but there’s always tomorrow, right?

I saw the tasting notes on this, and it sounded so good that I had to order a sampler of it. For those who don’t know, Octavia has changed the name of this to “Chocolate Mint”.

After a mild tea spill (still had the vacuum out, so clean-up was very quick), I had a pot of this. It’s very nice: the rooibos is more of a background flavor, the peppermint is nice and strong, and the chocolate and vanilla round out the cup and make you feel like this really is an actual dessert. The taste is very similar to a York peppermint patty, or even a Thin Mint. Very, very good! I only purchased a sample, but I would definitely invest in a full tin!

This is really yummy. The mint does not overpower the other ingredients, there is a nice balance of chocolate, peppermint and vanilla. Nicely sweet. A really good dessert tea or just for a late-night “snack” that won’t take up residence on the hips.

It has an invigorating taste but is also quite soothing. A very nice rooibos blend that reminds me a bit of a blend that I created years ago – mint chocolate chip!

Smells like Mint Chocolate Chip – dry. Post infusion smells like Vanilla-Chocolate-Mint-Rooibos.

Taste: Mint then Chocolate then Vanilla then Rooibos then spice then back to chocolate then Vanilla-Rooibos!

This has a lot happening here but everything follows suit with what you would expect based on the idea of this tisane and the ingredients! This is very good!