The Best Mint Tea in the Tea Industry

Hello hello!

Around September of 2022 (18 months ago), I quietly took on the task of tasting as many mint teas as I possibly could. As of now, I've tried and tasted 54 mint teas! I tried pure mint tisanes, mint-based blends, and various other mint-oriented teas that the industry has to offer.

Why did I do this? I honestly don't know. It was a compulsive action that had little-to-no thought going into it. This might be very left-field for many of my readers, and honestly, it's surprising to me too.

Which mint teas did I try? Which mint teas are the best of the best?

Below is my comprehensive list of categories of mint-based teas that I’ve tried over the past year, and at the end, will reveal the best mint tea that I enjoyed the most.

Categories are broken down by three sub-categories, and the winners of the categories were selected by the following factors,

• Mint flavor profile

• The aroma-to-taste ratio (does the mint taste as strong as the smell?

• Freshness

• Natural sweetness

• Quality

• Accessibility & Affordability

At the end, two grand-prize winners will be announced. They will win nothing, besides the gratitude of knowing that a Colorado gay favors them.

Note: Multi-flavored mint-infused tea blends will be omitted from this list, as there are way too many to obtain to completely rank/judge for this list. So if you’re a fan go chocolate mint or watermelon-mint teas, I’m sorry to say that you wont see them on this list!

Anywho, let’s move forward!

Grocery Store Brand Mint Teas:

• Walmart: Great Value, Peppermint Herbal Tea

• Target: Good and Gather, Mint Tea

• HyVee: Decaf Peppermint Green Tea

• Trader Joes: Decaf Peppermint Green Tea

• Kroger, Private Selection: Peppermint Herbal Tea

• Whole Foods, 365 Whole Foods Market: Peppermint Herbal Tea

• HEB: Caffeine-Free Peppermint Herbal Tea Bags

• HEB Organics: Caffeine-Free Peppermint Herbal Tea

• Meijer: Peppermint Tea

• Wegmens: Just Peppermint Herbal Tea

• Sprouts: Organic Peppermint Herbal Tea

Winner: Trader Joe’s Decaf Peppermint Green Tea

Mainstream Box Brand/ Bagged Tea Brands:

• Traditional Medicinals: Organic Peppermint Tea

• Traditional Medicinals: Organic Spearmint Tea

• Stash: Peppermint Herbal Tea

• Celestial Seasonings: Peppermint Herbal Tea

• Harney & Sons: Peppermint Herbal Tea

• Twinings: Pure Peppermint

• Yogi Tea: Purely Peppermint

• Snarky Tea: Cheer The F**K Up Limited Batch Mint Tea

• Bigelow: Peppermint Herbal Tea

• Tazo: Organic Regresh-Mint

• Teapigs: Peppermint Leaves

• Smith Tea Maker: Peppermint Leaves Herbal Tea

• The Republic of Tea, Super Herb Tea: American Peppermint

• The Republic of Tea: Organic Mint Fields Herbal

• Rishi: Mystic Mint

• David’s Tea: Peppermint Armour Tea

• Mariage Frères: Peppermint Tea (Mentha Piperita)

• Adagio Teas: Peppermint

• Mina: Moroccan Nana Mint

• Taylor’s of Harrogate: Organic Peppermint

• The Tea spot: Organic Herbal Peppermint Tea

• Mighty Lean: Organic Mint Melange Tea

• TeaLyra: Pacific Coast Mint

• Pukka: Three Mint Organic Herbal Tea

Winner: Mariage Feres: Peppermint Tea (Mentha Piperita)

Moroccan Mint/Mint-Infused Tea:

• Art of Tea: Mint Green Tea

• Tea Forte: Moroccan Mint

• Tea Drops: Peppermint Tea

• Numi Tea: Moroccan Mint Herbal Tea

• Mina: Organic Moroccan Mint Green Tea

• Mighty Leaf: Marrakesh Mint, Mint Green Tea

• Organic India: Tulsi Peppermint Tea

• Stash: Moroccan Mint Green Tea

• Smith Tea Maker: Moroccan Mint Green Tea

• Tealyra: Moroccan Mint

• Fortnum & Mason: Moroccan Mint Green Tea

• The Republic of Tea: Moroccan Mint Green Tea

• The Tea Spot: Moroccan Mint Tea

• Mariage Frères: Casablanca (Green Mint Tea)

• Adagio: Mint Moroccan Tea

• Oliver Pluff & Co: Mint Gunpowder Green Tea

• Bigelow: Perfectly Mint Black Tea

• Tea Forte: Moroccan Mint

• Harney & Sons: Organic Moroccan Mint

Winner: Numi Tea: Moroccan Mint Herbal Tea

Before I list my winners, I want to point out some observations that I’ve notated in my journey:

• Many of the same mint teas were duplicates. By this, I mean, it was very evident that many of the same companies used the same supplier for the same mint tea. It wasn’t until almost a year into this journey that I made this realization. Though, by this point, I was too knee-deep into the journey to want to re-visit half of the teas to pinpoint which ones were duplicates.

• I would argue/predict that for many of the larger national-brands (including the grocery store brands), come from the same 3-4 vendors. If you enjoy one of the teas from my list, chances are, you have already drank 3/4 other ones.

• Believe it or not, mint had a very subtle difference in taste depending on the region it was grown in. My OCD kicked-in to really notice, and you’d have to hyper-focus to notice a huge difference.

• To piggy-back off the last point, I’d argue Pacific North West mint was arguably the best out of all of the regions of mint I’ve tried.

• I now hate mint tea

Ok, without further ado, here are the best mint teas that I favored in this journey.

Overall Best Mint Tea:

For this list, I have a two winners for the best mint tea you can overall buy:

2nd Place: The Republic of Tea: Super Herb Tea, American Peppermint

1st Place: Smith Tea Maker: Peppermint Leaves Herbal Tea

~Cody

Aka The Oolong Drunk

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