Caffeine Free Peppermint & Spearmint Herbal Tea (20 tea bags)
Our signature tea blend in tea bags. If you have never had our teas, we recommend starting here. Our slow, air drying process retains the many flavors of the mint leaf. A light cup will leave a faint mint taste combined with a mellow earthy taste that is unique to Mint Brook Meadows herbal teas.
If you like a zing beat the bag around in your cup for a while, then drink up!
Green Tea & Mint (20 tea bags)
This blend of Chinese green tea and our peppermint creates a tea blend that soothes the digestive track after a meal and that is always great to sip with friends. Green tea from the China variety tea bush is high in anti-oxidant rich polyphols and has the lowest caffeine quantity available in natural tea.
Grown in the mountainous providence of Hunan in east-central China, where tea has been harvested for over a millennia, our Green tea is plucked by hard, then dried over a fire by constantly stirring the leaves.
The sudden and mysterious appearance of Peppermint was first documented growing in a field in Hertfordshire County, England in 1696 AD. Since its discovery it has been cultivated extensively throughout Europe and North America for its taste and herbal properties. True peppermint is a hybrid, and cannot reproduce by seed; therefore it must be transplanted by detaching part of the rootstock.
Traditional Tea & Mint (20 tea bags)
Our traditional tea is a blend of two types of the same plant: the China tea bush and the Assam tea bush. The China tea bush has been cultivated in the mountainous region of the country for several thousand years. In 1832 the British discovered a larger, more tropical type of the tea bush growing in the Assam region of eastern India. Its bolder flavor appealed to the tastes of the West. By 1890's the British were cultivating tea plantations of the Assam tea bush in several regions of India, Africa, and a tear-shaped island in the Indian Ocean named Ceylon.
Spearmint has been a common herb in the gardens from Scandinavia, to North Africa, to the Far East. Its smooth character allows it to blend well with other flavors. Enjoy this tea hot or cold. It's a good wake-up tea with only one/third the amount of caffeine as brewed coffee.
Russian Spiced Tea (20 tea bags)
Russian Spiced Tea is our most popular tea! What Tolstoy novel would be complete without a little tea?
In 1689 Russia and China signed a treaty making peace and defining their borders. Soon tea began to arrive in European Russia by camel caravan, traveling 11,000 miles from China. Usually taking 16 weeks, the larger caravans ranged from 200 to 300 camels. Outpaced by the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, with the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railroad in 1900, the camel caravans virtually disappeared overnight. Tea survived the revolutions of 1917, and is still a popular drink in Russia today.
Order our Russian Spice Tea, a fine blend of China Black tea, orange peels, red clover blossoms, and cinnamon, grab your novel, and enjoy a peaceful day.
Garden Mint (20 tea bags)
William Penn, upon establishing the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681, sold 15,000 acres to a group of German separatists, who, like those of his own Quaker faith, were suffering persecution for their beliefs and looking for asylum. Eventually becoming known as Pennslyvania Dutch (Deutsch) after their dialect of Low-German, the separatists brought with them their German liking of mint tea.
Throughout the communities of their descedents, mint is still grown in many many gardens and enjoyed year round as a sweetened, iced beverage or served hot with honey. The United States exports more mint to Germany than anywhere else in the world.
Each can of loose makes between 40 and 50 cups of tea. Here is a sample of some of our most popular:
Assam Breakfast Blend (loose)
Assam Tea was originally carried by elephants, six cases per animal, from the small, mountainside tea gardens of east India to the Brahmaputra River, destined for the Bay of Bengal and the tea auctions of Calcutta. The British planters, who first came into the Assam region and cultivated the native tea bushes, faced tiger attacks, raids from pushed aside native inhabitants, and deadly jungle fevers. Most were young and in search of adventure and wealth. Today, sprawling tea estates cover the mountainsides of Assam. Long gone are the tigers and the British. Many had grown the herb in their garden plots back home both for its medicinal qualities and for its flavor.
Moroccan Mint (loose)
While the English have traditionally preferred their tea black with a little milk and sugar, across North Africa a cup of Green Tea and Mint leaves is the popular beverage at all hours of the day. Arab traders first introduced Green Tea to the region, followed in the mid-nineteenth century by the British. Known for both flavor and soothing of the digestive tract, we use our own air-dried Peppermint leaves, harvested at the start of blossoming, when their menthol content is highest. Look for their purple flowers.
India Blend (loose) Fair Trade USDA Certified Organic
Green Tea and Black Tea
From tea estates high in the Nilgiri province of Southern India, comes this flavorful tea. Tea covers the slopes of the region beside jungles where elephants still roam. Nilgiri means Blue Mountains. The quick rising hills and breathtaking steep valleys produce teas of mild aroma, smooth taste, and deep amber color. Enjoy with or without milk