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    "excerpt": "Twinings Peppermint is one botanical and nothing else: 80 bags in a 160g box at 2g of dried peppermint leaf per bag, with no tea leaf, no caffeine and no added flavouring. Picked into the Teas.co.uk selection as the plainest and most useful thing on the herbal shelf.Ingredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Water straight off the boil, five minutes with a saucer over the mug, and no milk. Five minutes rather than three is what most people get wrong: there is no tannin here to turn harsh, so a short steep only leaves menthol in the bag.Curator notes: the tasting profile is our own editorial assessment against the current pack format and the brand's published description. We run same-day UK dispatch on every order placed before 2pm Monday to Friday. Common questions are answered in the detailed Q and A tab below.",
    "content_text": "Twinings Peppermint is one botanical and nothing else: 80 bags in a 160g box, which is 2g of dried peppermint leaf in every bag. No tea leaf, no caffeine, no added flavouring, no fruit pieces. It is the plainest thing in the herbal aisle and the reason it has outsold almost everything around it for decades. Peppermint earns its cupboard space at two moments: after a heavy meal, and at the end of the evening when you want something hot that will not keep you awake. The Taste Profile\n \nCooling mint: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cf (5/5) A clean, sharp peppermint lead that clears the palate. This is the whole of the cup, and it should be.\n \nBody: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb\u25cb (2/5) Light. There is no tea leaf in here to give it weight, and it is not trying to have any.\n \nSweetness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb (3/5) Natural to the leaf and quite noticeable. Well brewed, this does not need sugar and is usually worse for it.\n \nBitterness: \u25cf\u25cf\u25cb\u25cb\u25cb (2/5) Low, but it will climb if you brew it for ten minutes and walk off. Mint goes green and hard rather than harsh.\n\nTeas.co.uk Curator Rating: 4.5 / 5 - Our expert verdict from the curators at Teas.co.uk The Story Behind The Box\nTwinings has traded as a London tea house since 1706, and the herbal range is a much later addition to a business built on black tea. Peppermint is the line in it that needs no explaining: a single dried leaf, in a bag, in water. There is very little to say about the recipe because there is very little recipe. What matters instead is the dose and the format, and both come off the pack: 160g across 80 bags, 2g a bag, one bag a mug, 80 mugs. Everything else belongs to the carton in your hand. We would rather send you to the pack than print a guess. The one thing worth knowing before you buy a box of 80 is that peppermint does not agree with everyone. People who get heartburn often find peppermint makes it worse rather than better. If that is you, buy a small box of something else first rather than a household pack of this. Packaging: Follow the current UK pack and local-authority guidance; components can require different disposal routes. Our Commitment To The Planet\n The box that arrives is the current UK retail pack rather than a grey import. Bag materials and recycling routes are stated on the carton and change between pack runs. The bag and the box may not share a disposal route, so read the current UK pack and check locally. Spent peppermint bags go on the compost heap once the bag material allows it, which is the one thing the carton will tell you and we cannot.\n How Does Twinings Peppermint Compare to:\n Lemon and ginger is warming and sharp; peppermint is cooling and clean. Most households that drink herbals keep both. Twinings English Breakfast Decaffeinated, 80 Tea Bags 218g: the other answer to wanting a hot drink at ten at night. That one still tastes like tea and still has a trace of caffeine in it; this one has none at all and tastes of nothing but mint. Twinings the Earl Grey Plant Based, 120 Tea Bags 300g: caffeinated, scented, and a morning drink. The two boxes sit at opposite ends of the day and do not compete.\n Ideal Brewing Conditions\nPeppermint is the opposite problem to black tea. There is no tannin here to turn harsh, so a long steep will not ruin it; what a short steep will do is leave half the menthol in the bag. Give it five minutes and keep the lid on. The Mug\n \nWater: Straight off the boil at 100 degrees, into a mug of roughly 200 to 250ml. Menthol needs full heat to volatilise properly.\n \nTime: Five minutes. This is a longer steep than black tea wants and it is the single most common thing people get wrong with mint.\n \nCover: A saucer over the mug for the whole five minutes. The mint you can smell across the kitchen is mint that is no longer in your cup.\n \nFinish: Drink it clear. No milk, and it very rarely needs honey once it has been brewed the full time.\n\n The Pot\n \nDose: Three bags for a 750ml pot, which is the same ratio as one bag in a mug.\n \nBrew: Water at the boil, lid on, five minutes. The lid matters more here than with any black tea.\n \nHold: You can leave the bags in without spoiling it. There is no tannin to keep extracting, which is why a pot of mint is more forgiving than a pot of anything else.\n\n Brewing Notes For Twinings Peppermint\n\nWater temperature: 100 degrees. Unlike a delicate green tea, mint wants the water at a full boil.\nMeasure: One bag per mug, 2g of leaf, 80 mugs from the box. \nSteep: Five minutes covered. Longer does no harm; shorter leaves the menthol behind.\nSweetening: Usually unnecessary. If you want it, a little honey stirred in while it is hot suits mint better than sugar does.\nLemon: A slice adds brightness and cuts the sweetness if you find it cloying.\nIced: Brew two bags in 250ml for six minutes, cool, then pour over a full glass of ice with fresh mint leaves and a squeeze of lime.\nCaffeine note: Naturally caffeine free. There is no tea leaf in the bag at all, so this is safe at any hour and is the traditional drink after a heavy meal.\nBest with: After a rich or spicy dinner, with dark chocolate, or on its own at the end of the evening.\n Safety And Purity\n\nIngredients and dietary suitability: Check the current UK pack before purchase; formulations and allergen advice can change.\nHeartburn: Peppermint does not suit everybody. People prone to reflux or heartburn commonly find it makes symptoms worse, so go gently the first time rather than buying on the strength of its reputation.\nCaffeine: None. This is a herbal infusion with no tea leaf in it, which is the one thing a decaffeinated black tea cannot offer.\n\nFreshness: Keep the box closed and dry. Mint is volatile and an open box fades in aroma faster than a black tea does.\nHot Liquid: Lifting a saturated bag out of a full mug drips near-boiling water. Use a spoon and keep the mug back from the edge of the table.",
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                "content": "Is it caffeine free?Yes, naturally and completely. There is no tea leaf in the bag at all, only dried peppermint, so there is nothing in it to be decaffeinated. That is the difference between this and a decaf black tea, which always keeps a small residual amount. How many mugs are in the box?80 bags, one bag a mug, so 80 mugs. The 160g pack weight across 80 bags is 2g of dried leaf in each one. Why five minutes and not three?Because there is no tannin in mint to turn harsh, so a long steep costs you nothing, while a short one leaves half the menthol in the bag. Five minutes covered is the single biggest improvement most people can make to a mug of peppermint. Ten minutes does no harm either. Why put a saucer over the mug?Menthol is volatile. The mint you can smell across the kitchen is mint that has left your cup. A saucer or a lid traps that steam and lets it fall back into the liquid, and the difference between a covered and an uncovered mug is larger with mint than with any black tea. Is there anything in it besides peppermint?No. This is a single botanical: dried peppermint leaf and nothing else. No added flavouring, no fruit pieces, no petals, no tea base. The full declaration is on the current UK carton, which is where you should check rather than here. Can I put milk in it?You can, but it is not how peppermint is meant to be drunk and most people find it unpleasant. Mint is a clear infusion: it has no body for the milk to sit in, and the two fight rather than combine. Drink it clear, with lemon if you want brightness. Why do people drink it after dinner?It is the traditional after-meal drink across a great deal of Europe and North Africa, and the reason is straightforward: it is hot, it has no caffeine, and the cooling mint clears the palate after something rich or spicy. Does peppermint suit everyone?No, and it is worth saying before you buy a box of 80. People prone to reflux or heartburn commonly find that peppermint makes it worse rather than better. If that describes you, try a small box of something else first. Does it need sugar or honey?Brewed the full five minutes, usually not. Peppermint carries a natural sweetness that comes out with a longer steep, and people who sweeten it are often really compensating for having brewed it for two minutes. If you do want it, honey suits mint better than sugar. Does it work iced?Very well, and it is one of the best caffeine-free iced drinks there is. Brew two bags in 250ml for six minutes, cool, then pour over a full glass of ice with fresh mint leaves and a squeeze of lime. How should I store it?Closed and dry, away from coffee and spices. Mint is volatile, which means it gives up aroma faster than a black tea does and picks up neighbouring smells just as readily. An open box on a shelf loses its edge within weeks. Are the bags recyclable or compostable?The bag material and the carton instructions are printed on the current UK pack and change between pack runs, and the bag and the box may not share a disposal route. We have not assumed either, so read the pack and check your local authority's guidance. Where is the peppermint grown?Peppermint for the UK market is grown in several countries and the sourcing behind any given pack run is stated by the manufacturer rather than by us."
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                "content": "IngredientProportionWhat it bringsPeppermint leaf100%The whole of the bag. Dried Mentha piperita and nothing else: a clean cooling lead, a light body and a natural sweetness that comes out with a longer steep.Dose per bag2g160g across 80 bags. One bag per mug of 200 to 250ml, 80 mugs from the box.Added flavouringNoneThere is no added flavouring, no fruit pieces, no petals and no tea base. What you smell is the leaf.Caffeine0mgNaturally caffeine free, because there is no tea leaf in the bag to carry any. Not the same as a decaffeinated black tea, which always keeps a trace.OriginNot stated to usPeppermint for the UK market is grown in several countries and the sourcing behind this pack run is not published at this pack size.Bag material and cartonNot stated to usBag material and recycling instructions are stated on the carton and may not share a disposal route. We have not assumed either.Pack: Twinings Peppermint 80, 160g; GTIN 00070177233556; 80 tea bags in a 160g carton, 2g of dried peppermint leaf each, 80 mugs per box. Naturally caffeine free. Best before the date printed on the carton.Characterising components shown; this is a single-botanical infusion with no unquantified base behind it. Nutrition figures, ingredient declarations, origin, certification marks, bag materials and the full allergen statement belong to the current UK pack and we do not restate them here, having not read it. The 80-mug yield and the 2g dose per bag are worked out from the pack count and weight, not pack claims.Sourcing & blend. Twinings Peppermint 80, 160g is put together by Twinings, the family tea house trading from London since 1706, whose herbal range is a much later addition to a business built on black tea. There is very little to say about this particular recipe because there is very little recipe: one dried botanical, cut for infusion, in a bag. The carton you receive is the current UK retail pack rather than a grey import.What is in Twinings Peppermint 80, 160g, and what is not:In: dried peppermint leaf, and nothing else in the bag at all.No artificial colours, preservatives or added sugar: the sweetness in a well brewed cup is natural to the leaf, and it is more noticeable at five minutes than at two.No tea leaf and no caffeine: this is a herbal infusion rather than a tea, which is why it can be drunk at any hour without reservation.No added flavouring: no mint flavouring on top of the mint, which is what separates this from most flavoured herbals on the same shelf."
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                "title": "Flavour Science",
                "content": "The flavour of Twinings Peppermint 80, 160g is built in three layers, and because there is only one botanical in the bag, those layers are unusually easy to read. A single-ingredient infusion behaves very differently from a blended tea, and almost everything people get wrong about mint follows from treating it like black tea.The outer layer is aromatic and it is the largest part of this drink by some distance. Menthol and the related oils in peppermint are highly volatile, which means they leave the liquid as steam the moment hot water hits the leaf. That is why a mug of mint scents a whole kitchen, and it is also why an uncovered mug is a weaker drink than a covered one. The smell crossing the room is not a bonus; it is your cup leaving. A saucer over the mug for the full steep traps that vapour and lets it condense back into the liquid, and this single habit changes a mug of peppermint more than any other adjustment available to you.The flavour spike arrives as a cooling sensation rather than as a taste, and this is the genuinely unusual thing about mint. Menthol acts on the cold receptors in the mouth, so the cup reads as cool while it is physically hot, and that contradiction is the whole appeal after a rich or spicy meal. Underneath it sits a soft, grassy, faintly sweet body from the leaf itself. There is no tannin here at all, because tannin comes from tea leaf and there is none in the bag, which has an important practical consequence: you cannot over-brew this in the way you can over-brew black tea. Ten minutes will not turn it harsh. It will simply be a stronger mint.The base structure is a clean, cooling, slightly sweet finish that resets the palate completely. Nothing lingers, which is exactly what is wanted at the end of a meal. The failure mode here is not bitterness but thinness: a two-minute mug tastes watery and vaguely green, and people who find peppermint disappointing have very often simply been brewing it like a cup of builder's tea and lifting the bag out far too early.Getting it right in the cup. One bag per 200 to 250ml of water straight off the boil at 100 degrees, five minutes with a saucer on top, then take the bag out or leave it as you prefer. Ten minutes is fine. Drink it clear: there is no body here for milk to sit in and the two do not combine. A slice of lemon adds brightness and cuts the sweetness if you find it cloying, and a little honey stirred in while it is hot suits mint better than sugar does, though a properly brewed cup rarely needs either. For a pot, three bags to 750ml holds the same ratio, and unlike a pot of black tea you can leave the bags in without spoiling the later cups. Cold brewed in the fridge for six to eight hours the leaf gives a softer, sweeter, less sharply cooling drink that makes an excellent base for iced tea.How water and temperature change it. Peppermint wants the water at a full rolling boil, which surprises people who have learned to treat delicate teas gently. Menthol needs the heat to volatilise and carry through the liquid, and water at 80 degrees gives a flat, grassy, oddly muted cup no amount of extra time will fix. Hard tap water mutes the cooling top note and leaves a slightly chalky edge under the finish, so a filter jug helps here as much as it does with any citrus tea; soft or filtered water lets the mint ring clear. Temperature at the other end of the process matters too: as the mug cools below about fifty degrees the cooling sensation fades noticeably faster than the flavour does, which is why a half-finished mug of mint left on the desk tastes green and flat rather than simply cold."
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                "content": "Six builds below cover the after-dinner mug, a Moroccan-style pot, iced mint, a mint and chocolate nightcap, a syrup and a granita.\nRecipes, born here first\n\n \n The Five Minute Mug\n \n The after-dinner build, and the saucer that keeps the mint in the cup instead of in the room.\n \n 6 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 1 peppermint tea bag\n 200 to 250ml water at 100 degrees\n A slice of lemon, optional\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Pour water straight off the boil onto the bag in the mug.\n Cover with a saucer and leave it five minutes, not three.\n Lift the bag out, or leave it in; there is no tannin to turn harsh.\n Add a slice of lemon if you find it too sweet. No milk.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A properly cooling, naturally sweet cup that needs no sugar, and one you can drink at any hour without consequences.\n\n \n Moroccan-Style Mint Pot\n \n Fresh mint on top of dried, poured from a height, and sweetened the traditional way.\n \n 8 min\n 3 to 4 cups\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 peppermint tea bags\n 750ml water at 100 degrees\n A large handful of fresh mint\n 2 to 3 teaspoons sugar\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Warm the pot, then add three bags and the fresh mint together.\n Pour on 750ml of boiling water and put the lid on for five minutes.\n Stir in the sugar while it is still very hot.\n Pour from a height into small glasses, which aerates it and builds the froth.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A sweet, intensely aromatic pot with a head of froth on each glass. The dried leaf gives the depth and the fresh mint gives the lift.\n\n \n Iced Mint With Lime\n \n Possibly the best caffeine-free cold drink you can make from a tea bag.\n \n 8 min + chill\n 1 tall glass\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 peppermint tea bags\n 250ml water at 100 degrees\n A full glass of ice\n Half a lime\n Fresh mint leaves\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew two bags in 250ml for six minutes, covered, deliberately strong.\n Cool to room temperature, then chill.\n Pour over a glass packed with ice so the dilution lands where you want it.\n Squeeze in the lime and bruise a few fresh mint leaves on top.\n \n \n \n \n\n \n Mint And Dark Chocolate Nightcap\n \n After-dinner mints, rebuilt as a drink, with a fraction of the sugar.\n \n 8 min\n 1 mug\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 2 peppermint tea bags\n 150ml water at 100 degrees\n 15g dark chocolate, chopped\n 100ml oat milk, hot\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew two bags in only 150ml for six minutes, covered, to make a concentrate.\n Lift the bags out and stir the chopped chocolate into the hot infusion until it melts.\n Pour in the hot oat milk and whisk briefly.\n Serve without sweetening; the chocolate is doing that job.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A thin, grown-up mint hot chocolate with no caffeine from the tea side. Note that the chocolate itself brings a little.\n\n \n Mint Syrup For The Fridge\n \n Four bags and a pan give you a fortnight of mint for cocktails, lemonade and fruit salad.\n \n 15 min\n 300ml\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 4 peppermint tea bags\n 250ml water at 100 degrees\n 250g caster sugar\n A strip of lime peel\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew four bags in 250ml for ten minutes, covered, very strong.\n Lift the bags out and stir the sugar into the hot infusion until fully dissolved.\n Simmer for three minutes with the lime peel, then take it off the heat.\n Cool and keep in a sealed bottle in the fridge for up to two weeks.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: A clear mint syrup that is far more useful than muddled fresh mint and keeps for a fortnight. Good in lemonade, over fruit, or in a mojito.\n\n \n Mint Granita\n \n A palate cleanser between courses, made from three tea bags and a freezer.\n \n 10 min + 4 hours\n 6 servings\n Easy\n \n \n \n You'll need\n \n 3 peppermint tea bags\n 500ml water at 100 degrees\n 80g caster sugar\n Juice of 1 lime\n \n \n \n Method\n \n Brew three bags in 500ml for eight minutes, covered, then remove them.\n Dissolve the sugar in the hot infusion and stir in the lime juice.\n Freeze in a shallow tray, forking it through every forty-five minutes.\n Fork it a final time after about four hours to give loose icy crystals.\n \n \n \n What you'll end up with: Sharp icy crystals that read cold twice over, once from the freezer and once from the menthol. A good thing to put between a rich main and a heavy pudding."
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