Sipping Streams Tea Company

These tea mints are very excellent tasting. My favorite is the original, mainly because it tastes like sweet green tea. It left my mouth feeling refreshed and smelling naturally good. I also liked the lemon grass mint, because it tasted like a lemon without the sour aftertaste. It is mildly sweet, and the scent that it leaves is certainly excellent. I did not enjoy the delicate pear, but that might be because I just don't like pears. The over all best thing about these mints though is that they are sugar free, and they are Fair Trade.

Finum Brew Stop Tea Maker, 1.2 liters Teapot with Built in Filter

    You pour the leaves into the container. Then pour the heated water into the teapot. Turn the container lid to the left a bit. Let it stand for three to five minutes.  When it is done steeping, turn it a little to the right.  All the water should be in the pot, and all the leaves should end up in the container with no holes.  This product is supposed to make it easier to make tea.  If this product works right, you do not need to scoop out the leaves with a spoon while the tea is steeping.  After using this product, I learned a few things. You are actually supposed to spin the lid while the tea is steeping. Half of the time, turn it to the right and for the rest of the time, turn it to the left.  When I was done, I pulled out the container.

    The leaves took shape and stayed in their original position the whole time.  They stayed at the bottom of the container.  This is a nice product.  It can stay warm for up to sixty minutes.  Cleanup was easy.  You rinse out the tea pot and container.  Dump out the leaves, and wash the lid.  It was easy to use and clean.  The difficult part was the leaves but it came out.  I would give it a three cups of five cups tea.

Claire Lyngholm
Tea Associate
Frontier High School, 11th Grade