Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Mint Tea

Mint


Happy Canada Day to all the Canadians!

I have mint plants growing at the side of my house, spread over from the neighbour's garden.  It inspired me to make some mint tea.  Here is an easy recipe if you want to try it.  It tasted like a teabag as daughter L said.  This made me wonder how I would make peppermint extract to make things like mint chocolate brownies!  The peppermint extract recipe sounds really easy, you steep the mint leaves in vodka for about a month.  The mint chocolate brownies sound so good too!

This led me to the discovery that the peppermint plant is a different plant than the spearmint plant.  So there is peppermint extract versus mint extract which would be a combination of peppermint and spearmint.  There is always something new to learn!  Were you familiar with all this?
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17 comments:

  1. Valerie-Jael01 July, 2015 02:06

    Yes, peppermint and spearmint do taste different. Enjoy your tea! Valerie

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  2. Kay01 July, 2015 02:09

    Wow! Your mint plant is really healthy looking.

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  3. Kay01 July, 2015 02:10

    Oops! I forgot to wish you a very Happy Canada Day!!! Yae!

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  4. Anna of Mutton Style and Years01 July, 2015 03:09

    The Moroccan mint tea Mr Him made was delicious. Lots of sugar was added as they do.

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    1. Christine01 July, 2015 15:15

      sounds good, although I am wary of sugar, as per lemonade.

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  5. Plowing Through Life (Martha)01 July, 2015 08:13

    Happy Canada Day, Christine! I hope it's a beautiful day where you are.

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  6. Anonymous01 July, 2015 11:22

    Interesting facts. I learned that I cannot find dried mint in a bottle in Hawaii. I wanted to use it for a recipe I wanted to try. Alas.

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  7. Lisabella Russo01 July, 2015 16:05

    I hope you have a wonderful Canada Day Christine. The mint plant looks so healthy. I now know more about mint than I did before...

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  8. Adam01 July, 2015 21:06

    happy canada day to our friends up north

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  9. Gloria Baker01 July, 2015 23:44

    Love mint Christine!
    Happy Canada day Christine!

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  10. miruspeg02 July, 2015 08:24

    Happy belated Canada Day Christine.
    Generally I am not a big fan of mint, but I know the plant grows like a weed.
    Big hugs
    Peggy xxxx

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  11. Michael02 July, 2015 14:30

    I'm not into mint tea per se but this reminds me, waht exactly do Canadians do for Canada day? Is it like the 4th here across the border? Do you have picnics, bbq's, fireworks or...?

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    1. Christine02 July, 2015 14:35

      Yes it is like Jul 4 but on a smaller scale I think.

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  12. Anonymous02 July, 2015 23:39

    Mmm - I love mint tea!

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  13. The Happy Whisk02 July, 2015 23:48

    I love, love, love mint tea. I drink it alllllll the time. Enjoy.

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