Umm, could it have been a klonopin you were told was a xanax? The dosage is the same...but yeah, alprazolam is foul tasting and no brand I've encountered is minty at all whatsoever, although I've been handed "xanax" and knew from the pill/checking online that it was actually klonopin and yep, it was minty. I feel like some people don't know the difference between the benzos and call them all by the same relatively well-known name.