Strong Mint (herbal tea)
Strong Mint (herbal tea)
Ingredients: Peppermint leaf, spearmint leaf, strawberry leaf, lemon verbena leaf, raspberry leaf, licorice root
Good for: Digestion and congestion
Tastes like: Sweet, minty leaves
Makes you feel like: Your stomach is cool, calm, and collected
Art by: Billi French
50 grams / 36 servings (1.5 tsp per 8 oz water)
All ingredients organic and caffeine-free.
Recommended brewing: 200° for 10 minutes
Sweet, minty digestion tea
A sweet-mint digestion tea from the Craft Tea Archives that was re-released in 2017 when cafes around Philly began serving Craft Tea. I originally developed it out of necessity. Years ago, there was a $5 gyro special on Wednesdays that I visited, well… every Wednesday. I loved the gyro (and the deal), but it put me in a food coma. After a few weeks, I created a first aid kit in a cup.
Strong Mint is one of the most popular blends for taste samples at events. It’s comprised of a healthy dose of peppermint, spearmint, and licorice making it delicious and effective for digesting big meals. It is by far the sweetest tea I make, because licorice is 50x sweeter than sugar. The flavor profile is more straight-forward than most of my other blends, with slight hints of fruity leaves like raspberry, strawberry, and lemon verbena.
Vinyl Pairing: Miles Davis - On the Corner (Columbia, 1972)
This album is BONKERS and unlike any other album I’ve ever heard. Miles set out to make street music and looking back it was a great success. However, the album was initially panned by critics who thought it just sounded like noise.
Further Listening: Jack Johnson (1971); Agharta (1975)
