Orange Mint

This is a tea I tried from the tea box. I may have underleafed it, but it doesn’t have much flavor. I left it overnight to revisit the next morning, and that seemed to help make the flavor stronger. The mint is light, and I can’t tell that the other flavor is orange, but there’s another tame flavor mixed in there. I actually left it sitting another 12 hours, and by that time, it tasted pretty muddled and unpleasant. These flavors don’t go that well together, and they aren’t clearly defined to begin with.

Orange juice and toothpaste don’t go together. Neither does a herbal peppermint and orange rind.

This weekend I got a few sipdowns in and then today I had a mini explosion thanks to the very generous Arby. Thank you! Now, I am back to 310 teas with at least 2 orders on route and a monthly subscription box on the way for June. So now that I finished the 365 Days of Tea Instagram Challenge, bringing my cupboard to a more manageable size is my next goal.

Thankfully, a few of the teas Arby sent are easy 1-2 cup sample sizes so it should be fun getting through those and trying a variety of new offerings. Plus, now that I have my second swap package from Arby, I am feeling like I should probably sipdown the teas from our first swap.

Anyways, my plan was to start with the Toffee tea, as per Arby’s instructions to drink that immediately however we are sitting down for a dinner of bbq sausages and hamburgers and a hot toffee tea seemed like maybe that’s not the best match. However, this fresh and fruity iced tea will likely go over just fine with my meal. Especially since mint is the focus, while citrus gives it a bit of a zip at the end. It’s nice. Thanks again, Arby!!