Adagio's Casablanca Mint bills itself as a spin on the traditional Moroccan Mint, only using Darjeeling black in place of gunpowder green. Given that I love Moroccan Mint, I wanted to give this a try.
Package says: Black Tea | Moderate caffeine | Steep at 180°F for 2 minutes
Ingredients: peppermint leaves, darjeeling sungma summer tea, spring darjeeling tea
Sungma summer darjeeling is supposed to have a slightly sugary grape note, like white wine.
Well, I accidentally brewed it for 3 minutes because Lucy, my housemate's cat who is weirdly fond of me, was being particularly cute and distracting. Let's see if that matters.
It's a good minty black but nothing spectacular. It's got that refreshing mouth feel of a high-quality peppermint blend. The darjeeling is there, but doesn't seem to be doing a lot other than supporting the peppermint. I'm not getting the supposed white wine notes but that could be because I am recovering from being sick and/or that extra minute of brewing amped up the mint. Honestly, I like the bite of a Moroccan Mint a bit better.
I will defintely brew again paying more attention to the timer and less to feline cuteness.
Test #2 yielded better results. Keeping the brew down to two minutes yields a slightly different mint/black balance, but I'm still not getting that alleged white wine flavor. I added about a teaspoon of amber sugar and that's the only sweetness for me. Again, a solid minty black, but nothing spectacular.
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