TEREA Menthol Flavours in the UAE: Mint, Tropical, Zing and Fusion Ranked

Product Comparisons · 2026 · 14 min read

TEREA menthol flavours are the cooling half of the TEREA range, and the part of the catalogue where UAE buyers most often guess wrong. The names sound similar, the packs look alike, and the gap between the softest stick and the coldest is wider than most people expect. This guide ranks the Japanese menthol line from Mint at the mild end to Black Purple at the top, gives each stick a coldness score out of ten, and adds the cross-line Green and Turquoise sticks that sell for less than the Japanese editions. Every stick here is made for IQOS ILUMA induction devices, packed 20 to a pack and 10 packs to a carton, and priced openly in AED. If you have ever bought a “menthol” pack expecting a mild chill and got a blast of ice, start at the top of the ranking and work down.

What a TEREA menthol stick actually is

A menthol TEREA is a sealed tobacco stick with a cooling agent built into the blend and the filter. Nothing needs to be crushed or clicked: the chill is there from the first puff and stays consistent to the last. That separates the standard menthol sticks from the Pearl editions, where a capsule in the filter has to be squeezed mid-session to release a second flavour.

The format is the same as every other TEREA stick. Twenty sticks per pack, ten packs per carton, and compatibility limited to the ILUMA family — ILUMA ONE, ILUMA, ILUMA PRIME, and the ILUMA i ONE, i STANDARD and i PRIME, plus TEREA-compatible Lambda devices. The device heats the stick by induction from the outside, so there is no blade to insert, no ash and no cleaning between sessions.

Cooling intensity is not the same thing as tobacco strength. A stick can be very cold and still sit on a light tobacco base, which is exactly how the Japanese line is built: the menthol carries the sensation while the tobacco underneath stays in the background. That is why two sticks with similar scores can feel very different, and why the ranking below weighs coldness rather than nicotine.

The Japanese menthol shelf

Japan supplies eight menthol sticks to the UAE, and all eight cost AED 205 a pack. Because the price is flat, the only decision is where you want to sit on the coldness scale. The line is deliberately spread: Mint and Menthol cover everyday cooling, Tropical, Fusion and Bright add aroma on top, and Purple, Black and Black Purple escalate the chill to the top of the range.

The scores below are a practical scale rather than a laboratory measurement. One means no perceptible cooling, ten means the coldest stick TEREA sells. They are there to rank the sticks against each other, not to predict exactly how cold any one pack will feel to you.

Rank	Stick	Coldness (1–10)	Flavour direction	Price (AED)
1	Mint	2	Soft mint over light tobacco	205
2	Menthol	4	Classic peppermint	205
3	Tropical Menthol	5	Tropical fruit over cooling	205
4	Fusion Menthol	5.5	Floral and herbal over cooling	205
5	Bright Menthol	6	Green apple and citrus	205
6	Purple Menthol	7	Dark berry over strong cooling	205
7	Black Menthol	8.5	Cold, dark menthol	205
8	Black Purple Menthol	9.5	Darkest chill with berry depth	205

Ranked from mildest to strongest

1. Mint — coldness 2

Mint is the softest cooling stick Japan makes. The menthol sits on top of a light toasted base as a suggestion rather than a statement, and the finish is short and clean. It is the right first menthol for anyone who finds standard menthol cigarettes overpowering, and the right everyday stick for a smoker who wants a cool edge without the numbing sensation that comes further up the ladder. Buyers who describe most menthols as “too much” should start here and stop.

2. Menthol — coldness 4

The plain Menthol is the reference stick: clean peppermint, a noticeable chill from the first puff, and enough body underneath that the tobacco does not disappear. It is the closest TEREA equivalent to a conventional menthol cigarette, and the most common entry point for buyers switching from one. If you have no strong preference and want to know what the line is about, this is the pack to buy first.

3. Tropical Menthol — coldness 5

Tropical keeps the cooling at a moderate level and layers a soft fruit note over it. The fruit reads sweet and warm rather than sharp, closer to mango and passion fruit than to citrus, and it softens the menthol edge. It suits buyers who want aroma with their chill and who find plain peppermint one-dimensional. In hot weather it is the most refreshing stick in the Japanese range without being the coldest.

4. Fusion Menthol — coldness 5.5

Fusion is the aromatic option. Floral and herbal notes sit over the cooling, giving the stick a perfumed, almost tea-like quality that is unlike anything else in the line. It is divisive: buyers who like it tend to love it, and buyers who want plain menthol find it busy. The chill is only slightly above Tropical, so the decision here is about the floral character rather than the cold.

5. Bright Menthol — coldness 6

Bright shifts to crisp fruit. Green apple and citrus cut through the menthol, and the result is sharper and more acidic than Tropical’s soft sweetness. The cooling steps up accordingly, because the citrus and the menthol reinforce each other. It is the best choice in the line for a daytime stick in warm weather, and the one most likely to appeal to buyers who normally choose a fruit-flavoured cigarette over a plain menthol.

6. Purple Menthol — coldness 7

Purple moves into the stronger half of the range. A dark berry note — closer to blackcurrant than to the light fruit of Tropical — sits over a firm menthol chill, and the tobacco base is more present than in the lower ranks. The finish lingers. It is the natural step up for someone who has used Menthol for a while and wants more cold without jumping straight to the Black series.

7. Black Menthol — coldness 8.5

Black is where the line stops being refreshing and starts being cold. The menthol is strong and deliberate, the tobacco underneath is dark, and the sensation lasts well after the session ends. It suits buyers who want the chill to dominate and who find the fruit-led sticks too soft. New menthol users should not start here; the step down to Purple is significant.

8. Black Purple Menthol — coldness 9.5

Black Purple is the coldest stick in the Japanese catalogue and the end of the ladder. It combines the dark chill of Black with a purple-toned berry depth, so the cooling arrives with a sweeter, heavier background than Black’s plain intensity. Buyers who have worked up through Purple and Black and still want more will find it here. For everyone else it is a specialist pack, best bought as a single rather than a carton.

The cross-line menthols: Green, Turquoise and Mulint

Japan is not the only source of cooling stock in the UAE, and the cheaper origins carry their own menthols. These sticks sit outside the Japanese ranking but are worth knowing, because several of them deliver a comparable chill for roughly half the price. They are not identical to the Japanese versions — the blends are softer and the menthol tends to be rounder — so treat the scores as approximate positions on the same scale.

Stick	Origin	Coldness (1–10)	Character	Price (AED)
Green	Indonesia	3.5	Balanced menthol over lightly toasted tobacco	120
Green	Uzbekistan	5	Green mint over toasted tobacco	125
Green Zing	Kazakhstan	5	Sharper green menthol with extra lift	125
Turquoise	Kazakhstan	6	Crisp menthol over light toasted tobacco	125
Turquoise	Switzerland	6	The same crisp profile, cleaner finish	156
Turquoise	Italy	6	The same crisp profile, fuller body	180
Mulint	Indonesia	6.5	Clove, menthol and berry	120

Green is the value route into menthol TEREA. The Indonesian pack at AED 120 is the mildest and softest of the cross-line group, with menthol balanced against a light toast; the Uzbek pack at AED 125 swaps in a greener mint note; and the Kazakh Green Zing is the sharpest of the three, with more lift and a zestier edge. Any of them makes a sensible first menthol if AED 205 for a Japan pack feels like a large bet.

Turquoise is the crisp, clean menthol of the group, and the only cross-line stick sold from three origins at once. Kazakh stock at AED 125 is the value pick, Swiss at AED 156 sits in the middle, and Italian at AED 180 is the closest in price and polish to the Japanese line. The profile does not change dramatically between them, so the origin decision is mostly about budget and how crisp you want the finish.

Mulint is the odd one out. It is an Indonesian stick built on clove, menthol and berry, and the clove gives it a warm, spiced background that no Japanese menthol has. The cooling sits around 6.5 on the scale, but the overall impression is heavier and more aromatic. Buyers who like the idea of menthol with a spice note should try a single pack; buyers who want clean cold should stay with Turquoise.

How to use the ranking

The scores are most useful as a shortcut when you are ordering without having tasted anything. If you know which menthol cigarette you smoke, find the closest description in the list and start one rank below it, because TEREA menthol tends to read colder than the equivalent cigarette. If you are moving from a non-menthol cigarette, start at Mint or Green Indonesian rather than at Menthol.

They are also useful for building a mixed order. A common pattern is one pack from each third of the ladder: Mint for the morning, Bright or Purple for the afternoon, Black for the evening. Because every Japanese pack is AED 205 and the cross-line packs run AED 120–180, a three-pack order that mixes Japan and Indonesia lands around AED 450–530 and covers the whole range of sensation.

One caveat: coldness is not linear in the mouth. The jump from Menthol at 4 to Tropical at 5 feels smaller than the jump from Purple at 7 to Black at 8.5, even though the numbers are similar. If you are unsure between two ranks, choose the lower one; it is far easier to add a colder stick to a later order than to finish a carton that numbs your palate.

Pairing menthol with the regular line

Menthol and plain tobacco work better together than either does alone. A regular stick in the morning and a menthol in the afternoon keeps the palate from adapting to the chill, which is what makes a strong menthol feel flat after a few days of exclusive use. The TEREA regular flavours guide covers the tobacco-only side of the catalogue, and all of those sticks come from Japan at the same AED 205, so mixing costs nothing extra.

The pairing logic is simple. Match the menthol to the time of day: Mint or Green with a regular at the start, Bright or Tropical at midday, Black or Black Purple after dark. Avoid following a Black stick with a mild regular, because the chill lingers and flattens the tobacco. Going the other way — regular first, menthol second — works much better.

If the cold end of this list appeals, the Black series comparison goes deeper on the three darkest sticks and explains how they differ from the fruit-led menthols earlier in the ladder.

Four mistakes to avoid when ordering menthol

Most disappointing menthol orders come down to one of four errors, and all of them are easy to avoid once you know the line.

Buying a carton before a pack. Menthol tolerance is personal and it shifts. A stick that feels pleasantly cool on day one can feel aggressive by day five, and a carton is 200 sticks. Buy singles until you have finished two packs of the same stick, then commit.

Confusing Purple Menthol with Purple Wave. They are different sticks. Purple Menthol is a straight cooling stick with a berry note and no capsule; the Wave version belongs to a separate family and is built around a fruit-forward profile. The pack names look close, so check the product title before you add it to the cart.

Expecting a capsule. None of the standard menthol sticks has anything to crush. If you squeeze the filter looking for a click, you will simply damage the stick. Capsule cooling belongs to the Pearl editions, which are a different purchase entirely.

Ordering the coldest stick first. Starting at Black Purple leaves nowhere to go and makes every other menthol taste weak by comparison. Start in the middle of the ladder, at Menthol or Bright, and move up only when that stick stops registering as cold.

Price, pack size and delivery

Every Japanese menthol is AED 205 for 20 sticks, or AED 2,050 for a carton of 10 packs and 200 sticks — AED 10.25 a stick. The cross-line sticks are cheaper: Indonesian Green and Mulint at AED 120 a pack, Kazakh Green Zing and Turquoise at AED 125, Uzbek Green at AED 125, Swiss Turquoise at AED 156 and Italian Turquoise at AED 180. All figures include the UAE’s 100% tobacco excise and 5% VAT, so there is no additional tax at checkout.

Dubai delivery runs 60–120 minutes from confirmation with immediate dispatch and no minimum order. The other Emirates and Al Ain are same-day before 1 PM and next-day after. Delivery is AED 30 flat, free over AED 499, and cash on delivery is available in all seven Emirates alongside card on delivery, card online and bank transfer, with no cash surcharge. ID is checked at every handover for 18+, under Federal Law No. 15 of 2009 and Wadeema’s Law.

The current AED figures for every stick on this page are on the IQOS TEREA price list, updated the same day anything changes. Windows and fees are on the delivery page.

Frequently asked questions

Which TEREA menthol is the mildest?

Mint is the mildest menthol TEREA sells in the UAE, with a soft cooling note over a light tobacco base and a score of about 2 out of 10 on our scale. Green from Indonesia is the mildest of the cheaper cross-line options at roughly 3.5. If you find conventional menthol cigarettes too strong, either is a better starting point than the plain Menthol stick, which sits at around 4 and reads noticeably colder.

Which is the strongest menthol TEREA?

Black Purple Menthol is the coldest stick in the Japanese line at roughly 9.5 out of 10, with Black Menthol just below it at 8.5. Both are dark, intense and long-lasting, and both cost AED 205 a pack. New menthol users should work up through Purple before buying a carton of either; the step from Purple to Black is larger than the numbers suggest.

Is TEREA Purple a menthol?

Yes. Purple Menthol is a cooling stick with a dark berry note over a firm menthol base, and it sits about two-thirds of the way up the coldness ladder. It is not a capsule stick, so there is nothing to crush — the flavour is present from the first puff. Do not confuse it with the Pearl editions, which use a crush capsule to release their fruit note mid-session.

What is the difference between Green Zing and Green?

Both are green menthol sticks, but Green Zing comes from Kazakhstan and carries a sharper, zestier cooling than the Indonesian and Uzbek Greens. The Indonesian Green is the softest and most balanced at AED 120, the Uzbek Green leans on a green mint note at AED 125, and Green Zing adds more lift for the same AED 125. Buyers who want a gentle chill should start with the Indonesian pack.

Do menthol TEREA sticks fit every ILUMA device?

Yes. Every stick on this page is a standard TEREA stick and fits the whole ILUMA family — ILUMA ONE, ILUMA, ILUMA PRIME, ILUMA i ONE, i STANDARD and i PRIME — plus TEREA-compatible Lambda devices. They do not fit blade-era devices such as the IQOS 3 DUO, which take HEETS. The device heats the sealed stick by induction, so there is no blade to clean and no ash.

Where to buy menthol TEREA in Dubai

Buy from a seller that lists menthol strength and origin separately, because two sticks with the same name can sit at different points on the scale depending on where they were made. The TEREA flavours range carries every stick on this page with its own note and AED price, so you can compare Mint against Black before committing to a pack. Dubai delivery takes 60–120 minutes, cash on delivery works across all seven Emirates, and every pack leaves the hub sealed and batch-checked.

Buy in Dubai: TEREA Oasis Pearl Japan: Creamy Tropical Fruit Capsule Over Light Tobacco at AED 205, Mint TEREA Japan: The Softest Cooling Option in the TEREA Menthol Range at AED 205, TEREA Fusion Menthol Japan: Floral Herbal Notes Over Cooling Menthol at AED 205. Order before 1 PM for same-day delivery across the Emirates — AED 30 delivery, free over AED 499 — with cash on delivery and card on delivery available. Every handover is 18+ verified.

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