Juniper Mint Honey
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79 Aroma: 9/10 Flavor: 4/5 Value: 3/5Tchuggin' Okie (442 reviews) on Oct. 23rd, 2025
This is the second tea I've found that is, "inspired by the Rocky Mountains," the other being (what else?) Murchie's Rocky Mountain Blend. They are vastly different! The latter is a robust black-tea mix. Tazo's is a purely herbal tea whose leading ingredient, true to title, is juniper berries. Next time I head to the San Juans of Colorado for a stretch of hiking, fishing and fall foliage, I'll have to bring both teas along to get more fully in the spirit of the surroundings.
Junipers collectively are widespread in the Rockies and all across the U.S., including the eastern red cedars that are explosively flammable and the bane of wildfire prevention in Oklahoma. Their berries were common native tribal food, and foragers consume them today. This tea has an unmistakable smell and flavor of them, very well-balanced with a mint blend (peppermint and spearmint). It tasted rather unlike most herbal teas in my experience, but very nice: piney, minty and refreshing, as if stepping outdoors into the moist sunshine right after a storm has whipped around a bunch of conifers and released their aromas. It could stand to be a bit stronger, and there's certainly a lot of room left in the dry and wet bags for more material. Also, I recommend drinking it down while still hot; the flavor gets noticeably more bitter as the tea goes lukewarm, then cool.
Each box only has 16 (individually wrapped) tea bags, instead of 18 or the long-customary 20. Between that and the small amount of content per bag, this could be a textbook example of "shrinkflation" so common lately. Still, it's tasty enough to enjoy, with a truly unique flavor profile that I like a lot. I suspect folks will either enjoy or hate this tea right away, depending on their tolerance for a flavor akin to the smell of cedar wood or crushed spruce needles.
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