When it comes to mint flavored tea, I confess myself to be somewhat finicky, especially when it comes to mint green teas.  This is because all too often the mint flavor is so strong that it overwhelms the more delicate green tea base.   I don’t necessarily dislike the strong minty flavor, but, when I am drinking a green tea, I do like to be able to taste the green tea.

So, I wasn’t confident when I first opened the package of this Moroccan Mint tea from Golden Moon Tea because the fragrance is very strongly MINT … and I worried that the scent foreshadowed the flavor and this would be another case where the mint flavor crushes the green tea.

Fortunately, that is not the case.  This is one of the best mint green teas I’ve ever tried; it is perfectly balanced.  The flavors do not compete with one another, instead, they each play their role to highlight their own strengths.  The slightly sharp, vegetal quality of the gunpowder green tea is contrasted with the fresh, lively high notes of the spearmint and peppermint.  There is a slight astringency, and when combined with the refreshing characteristics of the mint, it washes over the palate with a cool, clean sensation.

Golden Moon Tea describes this tea as

Imagine the blast of the hot winds off the Moroccan Sahara Desert and a hot dusty journey to the packed and crowded Moroccan Bazaar. Your thirst is overwhelming!

Now imagine the cool, crisp and refreshing taste of an iced frosty glass of Moroccan Mint Tea – totally thirst quenching!

In the evening as the cold desert winds blow through, imagine a hot, warming mug of steaming Moroccan Mint tea – warming and soothing!

Since we’ve been experiencing some rather cold rains over the past couple of days, I drank this tea hot, but, as it cooled in my teacup, I noticed that the flavors remained intense, suggesting to me that this would make an excellent choice to serve as an iced tea as well as a hot tea.

I do recommend adding just a small amount of sweetener to this tea, as it helps to bring the flavors into focus.  Also quite delicious in this tea is a thin slice of lemon (lemon and mint make such an enchanting combination, don’t they?) or perhaps some lime.  Another excellent tea from Golden Moon Tea!

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