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About Camille's Tea:
Camille's Tea, based in the San Antonio, Texas area, offers a wide variety of gourmet teas, including flavored teas, traditional teas, green teas,
herbal teas, decaffeinated teas, decaf teas, caffeine free teas, and iced teas, and lavender, Shea butter, Chantal teapots, Lomonosov teapots, tea
infusers, tea accessories, Bearington Bears, tea linens, neck warmers, Herbal Concepts slippers and eye pacs, and Pre de Provence bath and
body products. We also feature multiple tea of the month clubs. Read more >>
Camille's Tea, based in the San Antonio, Texas area, offers a wide variety of gourmet teas, including flavored teas, traditional teas, green teas,
herbal teas, decaffeinated teas, decaf teas, caffeine free teas, and iced teas, and lavender, Shea butter, Chantal teapots, Lomonosov teapots, tea
infusers, tea accessories, Bearington Bears, tea linens, neck warmers, Herbal Concepts slippers and eye pacs, and Pre de Provence bath and
body products. We also feature multiple tea of the month clubs. Read more >>
| To pay by check or money order, email camille@camillestea.com. |
(Mentha spicata – Caffeine Free Herbal Tea)
Country of Origin: USA
Region: Oregon
Shipping Port: Seattle
Altitude: 2500 – 4500 feet above sea level
Grade: Whole Leaf, Cut (2nd Cut – best cut) and sifted
Manufacture Type: Field grown, sun dried, machine milled
Cup Characteristics: Pungent, cool, fresh; literally takes
your breath away
Infusion: Tending greenish with bright green infused leaf
Ingredients: Premium spearmint
Mint has an amazing variety of colors, aspects and aromas. The basic odor is fresh,
piquant and peppery, but can vary with each type of mint. All the varieties of mint belong to
the same botanical family, Labiatae, and their lavender or rose-colored flowers blossom
all summer long. In an early Greek myth, Persephone, the queen of the underworld,
became angry at her husband’s wandering eye, especially when Hades noticed a young
nymph names Minthe. One day, in a fit of jealousy, she turned the lovely woman into mint.
Armed with this story, Hippocrates warned men to use mint cautiously.
Spearmint, mentha spicata, also known as garden mint, balm mint or Notre-Dame mint,
is one of the most well known and commonly found varieties. Its narrow leaves are deep
green and its flowers are grouped together in pointed ‘spearhead’ formation. Spearmint is
highly appreciated for its digestive properties and its ability to relieve nausea especially
due to motion sickness. Quite often it is also used to find relief from headaches and
tension. Inhaling the steam from a double strength infusion will help relieve nasal
congestion. Mint tea can also be used in compresses to soothe itching and inflammation.
In the olden days, some doctors claimed mint was an effective aphrodisiac. In the book -
The Taste of Morocco, Robert Carrier notes that mint tea is used to “cure insomnia, calm
the nerves, sharpen the senses and wake up those who are drowsing”. As with any herb,
if you begin ‘taking it’ for medicinal reasons, you should do so in tandem with a doctor’s
consultation.
Mint is lovely when blended with lime, but also works marvelously with balm, green anise,
vervain, orange blossom and licorice. Mint is a traditional drink in North Africa and the
Middle East and is always served to welcome friends, family or visitors from afar. It is very
often prepared using green tea - generally gunpowder tea.
RECIPE FOR MOROCCAN MINT TEA
Place 2 or 3 tsp. of green gunpowder or black tea into a teapot and add boiling water.
Allow tea to steep for 3 minutes. Add a small handful of spearmint and let stand for 1
minute. Add sugar (about 1 tsp. per serving), and serve very hot in small glasses.
Hot tea brewing method: Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1/2 to 1
teaspoons of spearmint for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the teapot.
Cover and let steep for 3-7 minutes according to taste (the longer the steeping time the
stronger the flavor). Pour into your cup. Milk or sugar is not generally added to the cup.
Iced tea-brewing method (to make 1 liter/quart): Place 6 teaspoons of spearmint into a
teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea. Steep
for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into your serving
pitcher straining the leaves. Add ice and top-up the pitcher with cold water. Garnish and
sweeten to taste. [A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced spearmint is to
double the strength of the hot brew since it will be poured over ice and diluted with cold
water.
Country of Origin: USA
Region: Oregon
Shipping Port: Seattle
Altitude: 2500 – 4500 feet above sea level
Grade: Whole Leaf, Cut (2nd Cut – best cut) and sifted
Manufacture Type: Field grown, sun dried, machine milled
Cup Characteristics: Pungent, cool, fresh; literally takes
your breath away
Infusion: Tending greenish with bright green infused leaf
Ingredients: Premium spearmint
Mint has an amazing variety of colors, aspects and aromas. The basic odor is fresh,
piquant and peppery, but can vary with each type of mint. All the varieties of mint belong to
the same botanical family, Labiatae, and their lavender or rose-colored flowers blossom
all summer long. In an early Greek myth, Persephone, the queen of the underworld,
became angry at her husband’s wandering eye, especially when Hades noticed a young
nymph names Minthe. One day, in a fit of jealousy, she turned the lovely woman into mint.
Armed with this story, Hippocrates warned men to use mint cautiously.
Spearmint, mentha spicata, also known as garden mint, balm mint or Notre-Dame mint,
is one of the most well known and commonly found varieties. Its narrow leaves are deep
green and its flowers are grouped together in pointed ‘spearhead’ formation. Spearmint is
highly appreciated for its digestive properties and its ability to relieve nausea especially
due to motion sickness. Quite often it is also used to find relief from headaches and
tension. Inhaling the steam from a double strength infusion will help relieve nasal
congestion. Mint tea can also be used in compresses to soothe itching and inflammation.
In the olden days, some doctors claimed mint was an effective aphrodisiac. In the book -
The Taste of Morocco, Robert Carrier notes that mint tea is used to “cure insomnia, calm
the nerves, sharpen the senses and wake up those who are drowsing”. As with any herb,
if you begin ‘taking it’ for medicinal reasons, you should do so in tandem with a doctor’s
consultation.
Mint is lovely when blended with lime, but also works marvelously with balm, green anise,
vervain, orange blossom and licorice. Mint is a traditional drink in North Africa and the
Middle East and is always served to welcome friends, family or visitors from afar. It is very
often prepared using green tea - generally gunpowder tea.
RECIPE FOR MOROCCAN MINT TEA
Place 2 or 3 tsp. of green gunpowder or black tea into a teapot and add boiling water.
Allow tea to steep for 3 minutes. Add a small handful of spearmint and let stand for 1
minute. Add sugar (about 1 tsp. per serving), and serve very hot in small glasses.
Hot tea brewing method: Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1/2 to 1
teaspoons of spearmint for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the teapot.
Cover and let steep for 3-7 minutes according to taste (the longer the steeping time the
stronger the flavor). Pour into your cup. Milk or sugar is not generally added to the cup.
Iced tea-brewing method (to make 1 liter/quart): Place 6 teaspoons of spearmint into a
teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea. Steep
for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into your serving
pitcher straining the leaves. Add ice and top-up the pitcher with cold water. Garnish and
sweeten to taste. [A rule of thumb when preparing fresh brewed iced spearmint is to
double the strength of the hot brew since it will be poured over ice and diluted with cold
water.
