Camelia sinensis is an evergreen shrub, native to Southeast Asia. Tea is different: Black, green, white and oolong tea all come from the leaves of varieties of a kind of camelia bush or, rather, rows and rows of camelia bushes. ![]() Strictly speaking, it is a herbal infusion. We can’t make health claims because of ‘the man’, but we all know what’s right. That little wafer-thin mint on your plate after a restaurant blow-out is not there by accident and neither is the menthol oil that relieves nasal congestion like a boss. That’s just silly.Īll that aside, the purity of peppermint tea is important because it has been shown to have several benefits from digestive problems to relief of migraines, as well as its ability to help with blocked noses. You can’t decaffeinate something that has no caffeine in it in the first place. Proper peppermint tea, which is properly pepperminty contains no tea at all. Pure peppermint tea is as it should be, made only with Mentha piperita leaves from the world’s freshest corners. Tea blended in this way will be caffeinated to some extent, depending on the blend. When Europeans first took tea across the Mediterranean to Morocco, the locals blended it with mint, making it as Moorish as it is moreish. You will find a few peppermint brews around that are tributes to the way North Africans always added mint to their food and drink. ![]() The crisp and sweet, airy tang of peppermint tea is one of the most vibrant and punchy of all herbal infusions and, like all such teas, proper peppermint tea is decaf.
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