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Nice and simple: just Oregon peppermint! It’s a rich peppermint that leaves my breathe fresh with no bitterness. Nice multi-purpose peppermint taste.

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While the list of spices on the ingredients is impressive, it isn’t spicy enough for my taste; just a very subtle gingerbread-nutmeg. I can appreciate their stab at non-traditional chai, but it just didn’t cut it for my taste.

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Tart when it’s not tasting like nothing. Smells far juicier than it tastes.

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Decaf black tea and spiced pumpkin – a little sweet, a little rich. Perfectly autumn, refreshingly winter.

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It smells like heavy passionfruit, but tastes more like sweet lettuce. Not too sweet and luckily there’s no bitterness.

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So tart and sour it’s undrinkable! Even sweetener won’t save this one.

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The mildest of the mild white teas, slightly floral, very calming.

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Sweetly spicy, a gentle introduction to cinnamon/licorice/mint blends. Not strong enough for cold relief, but tastes quite pleasant. I do wish it were a bit more strongly flavored.

http://www.thatpourgirltea.com/2010/10/tulsis-licorice-spice.html

More like drinking an expensive perfume than a tea: the lush smells of mangoes and citrus fruit disappear into a generic veggie-scented tisane with dried citrus fruit in the background. Not bad, but a little too subtle for my taste.

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This reminds me of a lovely combination of green tea and oolong tea: the best of both without any of the nasty side effects (i.e. I find green tea to be bitter). Not drying, which is nice, and the flavor gets more subtle (but still pleasant) with each successive brewing.

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Smooth citrus flavor that doesn’t dry out your throat, but also isn’t very potent. Kind of similar to grapefruit but not as sour.

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Tart and sweet, reminiscent of a lemonade. Lovely late-summer iced tea blend. Also tasty brewed hot.

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The most richly chocolate-coconut tisane I could have imagined. This is my favorite dessert tea!

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This is a stunning masala chai blend. I can taste peppermint in it, as well as the usual suspects (cinnamon, ginger, pepper). I also caught hints of liquorice, and pretty much any tea that has that in it wins my love. Not sure what their steep time/boiling temp/milk or sugar ratios were, but it was a.m.a.z.i.n.g! At this point, the best masala chai I’ve ever had.

A very toasty cup of minty goodness. The lemon balm is subtle, and the balance between peppermint and spearmint is almost perfect. My only complaint: again with the frustratingly tiny shreds that end up as sediment in the bottom of my cup (but at least it’s only a tisane so it’s not icky to chew up the pieces).

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LOTS O’ PEPPERMINT! While it’s very refreshing, and would be pleasing in summer or winter, it’s frustrating how teensy the pieces of rooibos and peppermint are – they seem to seep through any sort of straining device into your cup. So long as you can overlook sediment though, this peppermint tisane is a win.

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Every company seemingly has a moroccan mint tea in their stash and Republic of Tea is no different. The strength of the mint flavor is mitigated by the green tea, which makes for a nice blend of green tea and peppermint. It has a grassy aftertaste that’s quite pleasant. Definitely a win for green tea lovers who want a little peppermint in their cups.

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The name does not reveal the green tea base of this blend, which made it a little disappointing given that I was looking for a straight-up mint tisane. When old, tannin flavors come through strongly, with a lightly peppermint aftertaste. Will possibly try again at a later date with a fresher bag.

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Smells fermented and alcoholic, which is sad because I expected something that smelled like a perfume of vanilla. When brewed, it does smell like a nicer, lighter vanilla, but it tastes alcoholic, which is not what I’m looking for in a tea. All-around disappointment, which is so unlike their other teas!

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Quite tart, but the vanilla provides a nicely sweetness that’s almost smoky. It’s not too tart, or too sweet, but the flavors are frustratingly indistinct.

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Peppermint is the primary taste, but overall this tea isn’t my thing. I’m not a huge fan of chamomile, so that’s part of it. And the hibiscus makes it quite tart, which is also not my thing. Oh well. Swing & a miss.

http://www.thatpourgirltea.com/2010/06/bigelows-sweet-dreams-herb-tea.html

Thick and filling, though not sweet. Simple and perfect for those who are looking for a plain green tea that is not boring.

http://www.thatpourgirltea.com/2010/05/lupicias-soba-seed-stem-tea.html

The smell is intensely passionfruit-like, the flavor less so, but still obviously passionfruit. Creamy tropical fruit in a tea.

http://www.thatpourgirltea.com/2010/04/twelve-days-of-oolong-day-12.html

Sweet and pleasantly light floral flavor, but not distinctive enough for my taste.

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