Skinny Mini, Organic

Skinny Mini is a blend of green tea and herbs designed to boost your metabolism and keep you energized.

All about Skinny Mini, Organic — Herbal Tea

What it’s like, and how to make it

CaffeineCaffeine free

What’s in itgreen tea, garcenia combogia, mint, iramusu

How to brew it

212°F / 100°C
Steep 5–7 minutes COVERED
Use 1–2 tsp per 8oz
Covering traps the volatile oils that carry most of the flavour

Beyond the cup

Green tea takes the lead here — traditionally used for metabolism support and gentle energy. Mint adds digestive comfort and freshness. Best as part of a daily routine — 2–3 cups throughout the morning and afternoon for steady catechin coverage. Brew at 80°C (not boiling) for 3–4 minutes to get the most from the green tea without bitterness. Note: contains garcinia cambogia — not recommended if you take antidepressants (SSRIs/SNRIs).

Skinny Mini, Organic loose leaf tea, shown over a chalk-and-watercolour illustration

Illustration: Skinny Mini, Organic with Cochin on the Malabar coast in the 1670s

What’s in it

Every herb in the blend, and where to read about it on its own.

Herb · Caffeine-free

Garcinia Cambogia
Garcinia gummi-gutta
A tropical fruit whose rind is a traditional souring agent in South Indian and Sri Lankan cooking — as fundamental to some regional dishes as tamarind or lime. It is also the subject of a marketing boom that badly outran its evidence. The honest position:...
Very sour, tart, tangy — similar to tamarind
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Herb · Caffeine-free

Iramusu (Sarsaparilla)
Hemidesmus indicus
Indian sarsaparilla — taxonomically quite distinct from American sarsaparilla, the Smilax species, despite sharing the common name. In Sri Lankan and Ayurvedic practice it is a foundational cooling herb. The root contains steroidal saponins, coumarins, and the compound 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which gives it a distinctive vanilla-like...
Vanilla-like, mildly sweet, earthy, cooling — distinctive and pleasant
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Herb · Caffeine-free

Peppermint
Mentha x piperita
A natural hybrid of watermint and spearmint that humans have cultivated for centuries. Peppermint's menthol activates TRPM8 cold receptors, creating the sensation of cooling without changing actual temperature. Its rosmarinic acid content is the real pharmacological star in tea — highly water-soluble with genuine anti-inflammatory...
Cool, refreshing, sharp menthol bite, slightly sweet
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Tea · Contains caffeine

Green Tea
Camellia sinensis
The same leaf as black tea, with the oxidation stopped almost as soon as it starts — by pan-firing in a dry wok in China, by steaming in Japan. That one difference is why green tea is green, grassy and delicate where black is dark...
Grassy and vegetal with a clean sweetness; gunpowder is bolder and faintly smoky, chun mee plummy and less sweet
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Every ingredient in the shop →

Good for

For the long term

Green tea, studied for its catechins, with a pinch of cayenne
Dandelion leaf, traditionally used in herbal medicine as a diuretic; peppermint, to help relieve bloating
Lightly caffeinated from the green tea — a bright, peppery cup
The mid-morning cup alongside a good breakfast

These teas are foods, sold as such. Nothing on this page is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

What it goes with

Add a Cinnamon Stick — cinnamon and green tea work two different metabolic pathways for a more complete approach. A pinch of our Black Pepper Ground helps your body absorb more of the green tea catechins.

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