Twinings Peppermint and Strawberry, 20 Tea Bags 36g

Twinings Peppermint and Strawberry, in brief.

Twinings Peppermint and Strawberry is a caffeine-free herbal that pairs peppermint leaf with hibiscus, strawberry pieces and natural fruit flavouring, picked into the Teas.co.uk curator selection as the unusual mint-fruit hybrid alternative to a straight peppermint or a straight strawberry herbal cup. I will leave the digestive framing aside and judge it as a cup, cool peppermint up front, a soft strawberry middle and a clean minty fruit finish that drinks well hot or iced.

The peppermint leaf does the cooling structural work, giving the cup its familiar fresh menthol lift, while the hibiscus and strawberry pieces add the rosy colour and the soft fruit sweetness underneath. The strawberry is the second voice, gentle rather than candy-sweet, and Twinings have built the recipe so the mint and the fruit balance properly rather than the mint flattening the berry or the berry tipping syrupy. The pyramid format gives the leaf and fruit pieces room to open during the brew, which keeps the cup more honest than the cheap square-bag supermarket equivalents.

Caffeine status: naturally zero caffeine, so it works any time including late evening. Taste profile: cool peppermint up front balanced by a soft strawberry middle and a clean minty finish. What it is: a Twinings all-natural herbal infusion combining peppermint leaf with hibiscus and strawberry, in the same family as the Pukka Peppermint and Licorice and Yogi Peppermint.

Curator notes: the tasting profile reflects our own editorial review against the current pack format and the brand spec sheet, cross-checked with brewing trials at the recommended steep time and water temperature. Storage notes, freshness windows and brewing temperature ranges are also published in the detailed Q and A tab below.