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Portuguese Peppermint Loose Leaf Herbal Tea

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14p per cup

Style

A deliciously bright mint from a small, family run organic farm in Portugal.

Naturally caffeine free.

Tasting Notes

Rich menthol aromas and a clean, smooth flavour.

Cost Per Cup

14p per cup based on 1g of tea per 150ml of water and 3 infusions.

Origin

Beira Baixa province, Portugal

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Recommended Infusion Guide

  • Quantity

    Use 0.1 oz of leaf per 5.5 fl oz of water.

  • Temperature

    For the optimum infusion use 212°F water.

  • Time

    Infuse for 30 seconds - 2 minutes, tasting regularly to find your optimum time.

  • Infusions

    You can infuse these leaves at least three times. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.

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More infusion tips

How to infuse your tea is very personal, and these are just our recommendations based on experience. Please experiment with these variables to your heart's delight. These are our recommendations, not hard and fast rules. The most delicious tea is the one you love.

Our guide uses a standard tea cup size (150ml/5.5 oz) as a measure, please adjust the quantity of leaf accordingly for less or more water. Our whole loose leaves are of such a high quality that you can infuse our teas at least twice, and the second infusion is often better than the first, with different flavours revealed as the leaf softens. If you prefer your tea stronger, add more leaf, don’t leave it for longer (this will just make it bitter).

MENTHA BALSAMEA

Peppermint

Peppermint – Mentha Balsamea is a naturally occurring hybrid of watermint and spearmint. This is a native European species and is one of the oldest known plants used for herbal tea, cooking and medicinally.

Uplifting without caffeine, peppermint aids digestion and sweetens the breath.

Grown in the Beira Baixa Province of Portugal - set between Tejo Nature Park and UNESCO recognised Naturetejo Geopark.

In this beautiful natural area, on a small, sustainable organic farm – this stunning peppermint is grown with love and care.

Just as terroir - the land and individual environment characteristic that makes each field and farm unique - plays an important part in the flavour of tea, or wine, so it does for herbs.

This mint is enhanced by the rich biodiversity in which it grows and sweetened by the abundance of sunshine.

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Returns

The Rare Tea Lady believes that our teas are some of the greatest in the world, and that our range and service are second to none.

In the isolated case that you are not completely satisfied with any tea or teaware you purchase from our website, please get in contact with our customer services team to discuss returning your order.*

In most instances we will give you a full refund of the item’s cost excluding postage. We may ask you to return the item to us. Customers in the European Union have a statutory cooling-off period of fourteen days that is not affected by this guarantee, but any tea pouches much remained sealed for this to be in effect.

*We only accept returns/refunds for tea within two months of receipt, because it is impossible for us to know if the tea has been stored correctly.

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