Peppermint
Packed with minty flavour and aroma this peppermint infusion is pure and refreshing any time of day.
Experience the invigorating rush of fresh, clarity, focus, and clean sensations with every sip of this exceptional Willamette Valley peppermint. Each cup delivers a strong, cool, and invigorating minty taste with a pungent and sweet aroma that awakens your senses - all thanks to its naturally high menthol content.
Why You'll Love It
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Outstanding Quality: Consistently praised for its fresh, high-quality taste
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Excellent Quality, Great Flavour and Aroma: Pure, intense minty character
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Will Definitely Order Again: A perennial favourite: exceptional peppermint experience
Origins & Character
Premium Washington State Peppermint: Sourced from the legendary Willamette Valley in Washington State, where peppermint farming has been a treasured family tradition for generations. This is the same region where peppermint oil was once so valuable it was stored in bank vaults!
Exceptionally Clean & Sharp: The cut peppermint leaves deliver an exceptionally clean, sharp profile loaded with authentic minty character that's simply unmatched.
Pure Refreshment: Best enjoyed on its own to fully appreciate the strong, cool, and invigorating minty taste with that distinctive pungent and sweet aroma. No additions needed - just pure, natural peppermint perfection.
Functional & Wellness Benefits
From the Greek myth of the beautiful nymph Menthe to Victorian England's tradition of using peppermint to cleanse homes of negativity, this remarkable herb has been cherished across cultures and centuries.
Natural Benefits: Caffeine-free peppermint tea may help with digestive comfort, ease tension headaches, reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mental clarity and focus.
Any Time Refreshment: Whether you need morning clarity, afternoon focus, or evening relaxation, this pure peppermint infusion delivers fresh, invigorating refreshment whenever you need it most.
Willamette Valley Peppermint - where legendary quality meets pure, refreshing perfection in every exceptionally clean, sharp, and minty cup.
Tea bag packaging material
There are generally 3 main types of tea bags: Pyramid shaped tea bags made from PLA – Polylactic Acid (t leaf T only uses this type), old style paper tea bags (usually rectangular and heat sealed), Pyramid shaped tea bags, made from nylon.
PLA tea bags – used by t leaf T – commercially compostable and 100% non-gmo
PLA teabags have been around since the mid 2000’s and they are 100% Plant based (non-petroleum based) and our NeoSoilon® Pyramid Tea bags are derived from sugar cane.
PLA (polylactic acid) is mainly extracted from corn or sugar cane and is then spun into thread which is used to weave the clear material that is used in t leaf T’s teabags.
PLA behaves like a plastic, even though it is plant based, this enables the sealing of the tea bags using ultrasonic vibrations that effectively welds the seams together at a specific temperature without the need of petro-chemical based plastics.
PLA tea bags are 100% INDUSTRIAL or COMMERCIALLY COMPOSTABLE -100% NON-GMO
At t leaf T we would love our PLA tea bags to be easily home compostable, but the technology is not there yet. The technology currently exists to achieve home compostability, however it has the tea bag material breaking down in in a matter of weeks so this material would not be a practical option for a long shelf-life like product like tea.
Old Style Paper Tea Bags
Paper tea bags have been around for almost 100 years. They Require heat sealing to close the tea bag because the paper fibres do not naturally adhere to each other. To be able to seal the tea bags, petro-based nano plastics are blended into the tea bag material by the material manufacturers, about 2 % of the teabag, so that when heat and pressure are applied it melts the plastic and the teabag can be sealed.
So, most paper tea bags contain approximately 98% paper fibre, that will break down in home composting, BUT 2% of the teabag is petro-based nano plastics that are not compostable or biodegradable. Not an option for us here at t leaf T.
Nylon Pyramid Shaped Tea Bags
The nylon tea bag material has been around since around 1996 as the PLA technology did not exist at the time. The pyramid tea bags look nice, but the material is entirely a petro-based plastic. The cost of Nylon is substantially cheaper than PLA so low cost driven produces will mostly opt for nylon because of the price.
Nylon is not compostable, or biodegradable so will be around for hundreds of years. Again, not an option for us at t leaf T!
In summary
No teabag solution is perfect but at t leaf T we believe that the PLA material we are using is the most sustainable solution currently for, convenience based, teabags. Every tea we sell is also available in loose leaf and is a better environmentally friendly and sustainable option.
