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    "title": "Pukka Organic Three Mint Home Compostable Herbal, 40 Tea Bags 64g",
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    "excerpt": "Pukka Organic Three Mint is the forty-bag box of Pukka's mint\nblend, sixty-four grams across forty bags, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the mint\ntea with a middle rather than just a front note.\nIngredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can\nchange.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance;\ncomponents can require different disposal routes. Three mints instead of one buys depth rather than strength: a cold clean\nlead with something rounder and greener underneath it. Cover the mug, which matters more with mint\nthan with anything else. Honest note: the twenty-bag box beats this one per cup on our\nshelf.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the\ncurrent pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order\nplaced before 2pm Monday to Friday. The reflux note is in the Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Pukka Organic Three Mint is the forty-bag box of Pukka's mint\nblend, sixty-four grams across forty bags, which is one and six tenths of a gram a bag. It is\ncertified organic, it contains no tea leaf and therefore no caffeine, and the bags are described on\nthe front of the box as home compostable, which is a stronger statement than the industrial\ncomposting most tea bags are limited to. The name is the whole idea. Most mint teas are one mint, and one mint is a narrow thing: either a\ncold menthol hit that clears the sinuses and not much else, or a soft sweet herbal note with no edge\nat all. Different mints sit at different points on that scale, and blending three of them is a way of\ncovering the range in a single cup rather than choosing one end of it. The Taste Profile\n \nCooling Menthol: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) The lead and the reason anyone\nbuys a mint tea. Clean and lifting rather than sharp, because it is not carrying the cup on its\nown.\n \nHerbal Sweetness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb (4/5) The part a single mint cannot\ngive you. Rounder and greener underneath the menthol, and what keeps the cup from reading like\ntoothpaste.\n \nDepth: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) The layering. Three mints give a cup with\nsomething happening behind the front note, which is the entire argument for the blend.\n \nClean Finish: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) Dry, cold and quick. No tannin, no\ncaffeine, nothing that lingers except the cooling.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at\nTeas.co.uk The Story Behind Pukka Pukka is a Bristol herbal tea house that built its reputation on certification rather than on\npackaging, and this box carries two of its statements on the front: Organic, and Home Compostable.\nThe second is worth pausing on, because most tea bags that claim compostability mean industrial\ncomposting, which needs a facility most households cannot reach. A home compostable bag means a garden\nheap. The\ntasting profile above is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's\npublished description. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can\nrequire different disposal routes. What You Are Actually Buying \nForty bags, sixty-four grams: one and six tenths of a gram a bag, a proper dose\nfor a leaf infusion. \nThree mints rather than one: the difference is depth rather than strength. A\nsingle-mint tea gives you one note; this gives you a front, a middle and a finish.\n\nCertified organic, home compostable bags: both stated by the brand on the front\nof the box. The certifying body and the bag material are printed on the pack.\nNo caffeine at all: there is no tea leaf in the blend, so there was none to\nremove and nothing has been decaffeinated. It can be drunk at any hour, which is most of why mint is\nthe traditional after-dinner cup.\n How Does Pukka Organic Three Mint Compare to: \n\nTwinings Pure Peppermint, 20 Tea Bags 40g: one mint rather than three, at two\ngrams a bag, so a stronger and considerably narrower cup. All menthol and no middle. The better choice\nif the cold clean hit is precisely what you want and the depth is not.\nPukka Organic Peppermint and Licorice, 20 Tea Bags 30g: mint with liquorice root\nbehind it, which adds a heavy natural sweetness that some people love and others find cloying. A far\nsweeter cup than this one, and not a straight substitute.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions Mint is a volatile-oil infusion, and the oils are the whole product. They lift out of the liquid\nwith the steam, which means an uncovered mug scents the kitchen at the expense of the cup. Cover it.\nThat single habit changes more about a mint tea than any adjustment to time or temperature. The After-Dinner Mug\n \nMeasure: one bag per 200 to 250ml. At one and six tenths of a gram there is no need to\ndouble up.\n \nWater: freshly boiled at 100 degrees Celsius. Menthol needs full heat to volatilise and a\ncooler cup tastes flat.\n \nSteep: four to five minutes, covered. Covering traps the menthol-rich steam in the mug\nrather than losing it.\n \nFinish: drink it clear. No milk, no sugar. Mint is the one infusion that needs nothing\nadding to it.\n\n The Moroccan Pot\n \nMeasure: three bags in 500ml with a small handful of fresh mint leaves dropped in\nalongside.\n \nSteep: five minutes with the lid on, then take the bags out and leave the fresh leaves\nin.\n \nSweeten: traditionally and generously, with sugar stirred in hot. This is the one context in\nwhich sweetening mint tea is correct.\n \nPour: from a height into small glasses, which aerates it and is not just for show.\n\n Getting It Right in the Cup\n\nWater temperature: 100\u00b0C, straight off the boil. Menthol needs the\nheat.\nMeasure: one bag per 200 to 250ml.\nCover it: the most important line here. An uncovered mint tea loses its best part\nto the room.\nSteep: four to five minutes, and longer does no harm; there is no tannin to turn\nbitter.\nMilk: no. It flattens the menthol entirely.\nIced: four bags in 500ml for six minutes, cooled, poured over ice with a squeeze\nof lime. One of the best iced infusions there is.\nStorage: sealed, cool, dark and well away from everything else. Mint scents its\nneighbours, and a box of black tea kept beside it will taste of mint within a month.\nBest with: after a heavy or spicy meal, after chocolate, or as the cup that ends\nthe evening.\n Safety And Purity Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase;\nformulations and allergen advice can change. Caffeine note: naturally caffeine free. There is no tea leaf in the blend, so\nthere is nothing to decaffeinate and no residual caffeine to quote. Reflux note: peppermint can relax the oesophageal sphincter, and people prone to\nheartburn sometimes find a strong mint infusion makes it worse rather than better. If that is you, a\nshorter steep or a different after-dinner cup may suit you more. General advice: anyone pregnant, breastfeeding or on medication who is unsure\nabout mint should take proper advice rather than ours.",
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                "content": "Why three mints instead of one?Because one mint is a narrow thing. Mint varieties sit at different points on a scale from cold menthol at one end to soft herbal sweetness at the other, and a single-mint tea gives you one point on it. Blending three covers the range, so the cup has a middle as well as a front note. Which three mints are in it?What we can tell you is the effect: a clean cooling lead with something rounder and greener sitting underneath it, which is what a multi-mint blend is built to do. Why does covering the mug matter so much?Because mint is a volatile oil infusion and the oils are the product. They lift out of the liquid with the steam, so an uncovered mug perfumes the kitchen at the expense of the cup. A saucer over the top for the first minute changes more than any adjustment to time or temperature. Does it contain caffeine?No. There is no tea leaf in it at all, so it is naturally caffeine free rather than decaffeinated. Nothing has been stripped out and there is no residual caffeine to quote, which is most of why mint is the traditional after-dinner cup. Can I over-steep it?Not really. There is no tannin in the bag, so nothing turns bitter however long you leave it. Four to five minutes covered is the working number and a forgotten mug will be stronger rather than harsher. What does home compostable mean?It is a stronger statement than most tea bags carry. Industrially compostable means a commercial facility that most households cannot reach; home compostable means a garden heap. Pukka states it on the front of this box, and the material itself is printed on the pack. Is it organic?The word Organic is in the product name, so that much the brand states. Is it good after a meal?It is the traditional cup for it across a lot of the world, and with no caffeine in it there is no reason not to drink it late. The cooling finish is clean and quick, which is exactly what you want after something heavy or spicy. Is there anyone it does not suit?Peppermint can relax the oesophageal sphincter, and people prone to heartburn sometimes find a strong mint infusion makes reflux worse rather than better. If that is you, try a shorter steep or choose a different after-dinner cup. Does it work iced?It is one of the best iced infusions there is. Four bags in 500ml for six minutes, cooled, then poured over a full glass of ice with a squeeze of lime. Cold service suits mint because the menthol reads as refreshment rather than as heat. How should I store it?Sealed, cool, dark and well away from everything else in the cupboard. Mint scents its neighbours more aggressively than any other herbal, and a box of black tea kept beside it will taste of mint within a month. Can I sweeten it?You can, and in one context you should. A plain mug needs nothing. A Moroccan-style pot, brewed strong with fresh mint added and sugar stirred in hot, is a different drink altogether and sweetening it is correct rather than a compromise."
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                "content": "IngredientProportionWhat it bringsMenthol leadNot separately statedThe cooling front note and the reason anyone buys a mint tea. Clean and lifting here rather than sharp, because it is not carrying the cup on its own.Herbal middleNot separately statedRounder and greener underneath the menthol. It is what stops the cup reading like toothpaste, and it is what a single-mint tea does not have.Tea bag filterHome compostableStated on the front of the box, which is a stronger claim than the industrial composting most tea bags offer. The material itself is printed on the pack.Pack: Pukka Organic Three Mint Herbal, 40 tea bags, 64g. Sixty-four grams across forty bags is one and six tenths of a gram a bag. Naturally caffeine-free. Best-before date is printed on the pack.Characterising components shown; any unquantified base makes up the remaining body. Every cell left open is knowable, but only from the current UK label.Sourcing & blend. Pukka Organic Three Mint is put together by Pukka, the Bristol herbal tea house, and it is one of the best-known mint blends in the British herbal category. Pukka built its reputation on certification rather than on packaging, and this box carries its statements on the front rather than in small print. The bag weight checks out: 64g across 40 bags is 1.6g a bag, exactly matching the live 20-bag version of the same blend. The tasting profile on this page is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description.What's in Pukka Organic Three Mint, and what isn't:In: a certified organic, naturally caffeine-free infusion of three mints, named on the pack.No caffeine: there is no tea leaf in the box, so there was none to remove and nothing has been decaffeinated.No added sugar: any sweetness in the cup is the herb's own. A plain mug of mint needs nothing added to it."
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                "title": "Flavour Science",
                "content": "The flavour of Pukka Organic Three Mint is built in three layers, and reading them in order explains exactly why the cup tastes the way it does from the first lift of steam to the last swallow.The outer layer is aromatic and with mint it is enormous, because mint holds more volatile oil than almost anything else that goes into a tea bag. Menthol lifts out of hot water fast and travels, which is why a mint tea can be smelled from the next room and why an uncovered mug delivers its best part to the kitchen rather than to you. A saucer over the mug for the first minute is not a refinement here; it is the difference between two noticeably different drinks.The flavour spike arrives mid palate, and this is where the blend earns its name. Menthol is not really a taste at all: it triggers the cold receptors on the tongue, which is why mint reads as temperature rather than as flavour. A single-mint tea therefore gives a strong sensation and very little underneath it. Blending mints of different characters puts an actual flavour behind the cooling, a rounder green sweetness that arrives a beat later, and that is what stops the cup tasting like toothpaste.The base structure is the finish, and mint's is unusual: dry, cold and fast rather than lingering. There is no tannin anywhere in the bag so nothing grips the mouth, and the cooling clears rather than coats. That is precisely the property that makes mint the traditional cup after a heavy meal, and it is why it works after chocolate where almost nothing else does.Getting it right in the cup. One bag per 200 to 250ml, water straight off the boil, four to five minutes with the mug covered. Full heat matters because menthol needs it to volatilise, and a cup made with water that has sat too long tastes flat in a way that no extra steeping will fix. There is nothing in the bag that can turn bitter, so a longer steep is a stronger cup rather than a harsher one. No milk, which flattens the menthol completely. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the blend goes sweeter and much gentler, with the cooling still present but the sharpness gone. Store it sealed, cool, dark and well away from everything else, because mint scents its neighbours.How water and temperature change it. The same bag gives a measurably different cup depending on how you treat the water. Water straight off the boil drives the menthol hard and gives the coldest, cleanest result; water at 90 degrees or below leaves a good deal of it in the leaf and produces a herbal, hay-ish cup that people often describe as weak when it is really just under-extracted. A longer steep deepens the green middle note rather than sharpening the front. Hard tap water flattens mint noticeably and pushes it towards dusty, so in a hard water area a slightly longer steep restores the balance, while soft water lets the cooling ring clearer and needs a touch less time."
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                "content": "Pukka Organic Three Mint has no tannin and no caffeine in it, which makes it far more forgiving in the kitchen than a tea and useful well beyond the mug. Six builds below cover the after-dinner mug, a Moroccan pot, an iced jug, a mint mojito, a chocolate mint affogato and a mint syrup for the fridge.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The After-Dinner Mug\n \n How to make The After-Dinner Mug with Pukka Organic Three Mint.\n \n 5 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 bag Pukka Organic Three Mint\n 250ml water straight off the boil\n A saucer to cover the mug\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour 250ml of water straight off the boil over one bag.\n Cover the mug immediately, which traps the menthol-rich steam in the cup rather than losing it to the kitchen.\n Leave it four to five minutes; there is no tannin in it to turn bitter.\n Drink it clear, with nothing added.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A cold clean finish with a rounder green note behind it. Cover the mug and you will taste the difference against the same bag left open.\n\n \n The Moroccan Pot\n \n How to make The Moroccan Pot with Pukka Organic Three Mint.\n \n 6 min\n 500ml pot\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Pukka Organic Three Mint\n 500ml water straight off the boil\n A small handful of fresh mint leaves\n 2 to 3 teaspoons sugar\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep three bags in 500ml for five minutes with the lid on, with the fresh mint dropped in alongside.\n Lift the bags out and leave the fresh leaves in the pot.\n Stir in the sugar while it is still hot, generously; this is the one mint tea that should be sweet.\n Pour from a height into small glasses, which aerates it.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A different drink from the plain mug rather than a sweetened version of it. The height of the pour is not showing off; it changes the texture.\n\n \n Iced Mint Jug\n \n How to make Iced Mint Jug with Pukka Organic Three Mint.\n \n 6 min + chill\n 1 litre\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 bags Pukka Organic Three Mint\n 500ml just boiled water\n Ice\n 1 lime, cut into wedges\n 500ml cold water\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep four bags in 500ml of just boiled water for six minutes, covered, then remove them.\n Top up with 500ml of cold water and chill the jug.\n Serve over ice with lime wedges squeezed in.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: One of the best iced infusions there is, and it costs almost nothing. Cold service turns the menthol from a sensation into plain refreshment.\n\n \n Mint Tea Mojito (Adult)\n \n How to make Mint Tea Mojito (Adult) with Pukka Organic Three Mint.\n \n 8 min\n 1 tall glass\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 bags Pukka Organic Three Mint\n 150ml just boiled water\n 50ml white rum\n Juice of 1 lime\n Crushed ice\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep two bags in 150ml for eight minutes to make a strong concentrate, then cool it completely.\n Fill a tall glass with crushed ice and add the lime juice and the rum.\n Top with the cold mint concentrate and stir up from the bottom.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A mojito with a deeper mint note than muddled leaves give you, because the infusion has drawn out the oils properly rather than bruising them.\n\n \n Chocolate Mint Affogato\n \n How to make Chocolate Mint Affogato with Pukka Organic Three Mint.\n \n 8 min\n 2 bowls\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 bags Pukka Organic Three Mint\n 120ml just boiled water\n 40g dark chocolate\n 4 scoops vanilla ice cream\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep three bags in 120ml for eight minutes to make a very strong mint concentrate.\n Melt the dark chocolate into the hot concentrate and stir until glossy.\n Pour the hot mint chocolate over vanilla ice cream at the table and eat it straight away.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: After-dinner mint as a pudding. Mint is one of the very few things that works after chocolate, and here it arrives with it.\n\n \n Mint Syrup For The Fridge\n \n How to make Mint Syrup For The Fridge with Pukka Organic Three Mint.\n \n 15 min\n 1 small bottle\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 6 bags Pukka Organic Three Mint\n 200ml just boiled water\n 150g caster sugar\n Peel of 1 lime\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Steep six bags in 200ml for fifteen minutes, covered, to make a very strong concentrate.\n Squeeze the bags out, then warm the liquid with the sugar and the lime peel until it has dissolved.\n Bottle it, keep it in the fridge and use it within two weeks.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A mint cordial for sparkling water, cocktails or pouring over fruit salad. Six bags out of forty is the kind of thing a large box makes reasonable."
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