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A Peek Inside: Our Peppermint Tea

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Peppermint tea next to fresh peppermint leaves and steeping mug
Updated on December 13, 2017

Like a breath of fresh air, there’s no other herb quite as uplifting as peppermint. Found in everything from breath mints and toothpaste to desserts and herbal tea, it’s the epitome of refreshment. But when it comes to using this plant for herbal medicine, it’s important to keep in mind that not all peppermint is created equal. That’s why we use only the finest quality, medicinal-grade peppermint available for this tea, sourced from a pristine farm in Washington State. The combination of the climate, soil, and organic practices on this farm yields a high level of essential oil in our peppermint that we can’t find anywhere else, which not only helps your tummy but also yields some of the mintiest peppermint we’ve ever tasted. So the next time you experience digestive discomfort, you can rest assured that a cup of our Peppermint tea will soothe your belly and invigorate your taste buds just when you need it, just as it should.*

Ancient writings reveal that people have used mint as herbal medicine since the time of the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians. The Romans collected mint—likely spearmint—using it as a flavoring in their food and in their daily hygiene, and ancient Roman physician and botanist Pliny the Elder claimed it could uplift the spirit. It wasn’t until the late 17th century that the highly aromatic peppermint plant was discovered. A sterile hybrid between spearmint (Mentha spicata) and watermint (Mentha aquatica), peppermint (Mentha x piperita) does not seed as other plants do, but rather propagates through cuttings and division. And once it grows, it can take over a whole garden—a welcome abundance for those who want to take advantage of its herbal powers.

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Since its discovery, peppermint has spread throughout the world, arriving in North America with the early European colonists, and becoming an integral plant in American folk medicine. Today, modern herbalists use peppermint to soothe digestion.* Menthol, one of peppermint’s chief active compounds, works to soothe the muscle contractions of the digestive tract to help relieve gas and reduce bloating and occasional indigestion,* and it also contributes to taste. This is why peppermint has achieved such widespread acclaim as an after-dinner digestive and palate-cleanser, whether in liqueur, candies, or as an herbal tea. But achieving the right amount of menthol is key to achieving real digestive relief and taste in our tea, which is why the plant’s growing conditions are so important.

We source our tea from Trout Lake Farm, where the rainforests of Western Washington meet the dry deserts of Eastern Washington, offering the perfect balance of rain and sun. Trout Lake’s proximity to Mt. Adams endows the farm with a rich, loamy soil perfect for growing peppermint. These factors, plus their rigorous organic farming practices, help ensure us a consistent quality, year after year. By partnering with these savvy farmers since the 1970s, we have worked to pioneer the use of medicinal grade standards in the United States. In the case of our peppermint tea, it means that our plants must attain 2% essential oils to be considered herbal medicine—more than twice as much as what is required in the European Pharmacopoeia—and it’s also what makes our Peppermint Tea taste so incredibly minty. Very few other tea companies and farmers go to such lengths to ensure this kind of quality.

So the next time you reach for any old box of peppermint tea, remember that it takes a special herbal tea to do what it should, let alone taste as minty and fresh as ours. And once you make our peppermint your herbal ally, you won’t have to fear digestive discomfort ever again.

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