Apr 02
Review: David’s Tea Organic North African Mint
Black Pepper Tea, Cardamom Tea, Chai Tea, Davids Tea, Fennel Tea, Ginger Tea, Green Tea, Licorice Root Tea, Peppermint tea Add commentsLaura’s Teaview Snapshot
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"Explore Northern Africa, from its souks to its deserts, with this intense combination of spices and mint. It combines organic, fairly-traded green tea and peppermint with organic cardamom, ginger, licorice root, fennel clove and black pepper. Deliciously sweet, with all the romance of the Maghreb." ---David's Tea website.After reading the description of this on David's Tea website, it got me to thinking that this might be like Maghreb Mint by Rishi, which I have tried and loved. I just hope that the last three ingredients in this---the licorice root, fennel clove and black pepper are not too dominating because they are not generally ingredients that I love (though they are also in Maghreb Mint by Rishi I should note). My sample package smells of a nice, spicy mint and I prepared this using water cut short of boiling and steeped for close to 3 min.
This blend is essentially a mint chai. It is both sweet, yet spicy. I would call this a moderately spiced blend so if you like your spices on the mild side, then I am not sure this is for you. The spices used are nicely balanced and despite the licorice, fennel and black pepper as ingredients, this is quite tasty and not off-putting. Those ingredients have a way of often dominating a blend and that is not the case here. I actually found this cup to be quite tasty and liked it with a pinch of rock cane sugar and a splash of milk as well.
Overall, this one is quite good and is one that I will considering purchasing. I like the overall sweet spiciness of the blend accompanied by the mint. As a side note, Rishi has a great Maghreb Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe on their website and I think this blend is a great possible option to use in that recipe.
— To purchase David’s Tea Organic North African Mint, or for more specific information on ingredients or the story behind this particular blend, click here to go directly to the manufacturer's web site.
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