20 Graines Menthe verte

Green mint, Mint in epis, green mint | Graines reproductibles, Graines Non Traitées

Mint is one of the most popular and most used herbs in cooking. The leaves rich in mint are appreciated in tea or in cooking, and its abundant foliage in fact a decorative plant.

20 seeds

• Drinks

Used in herbal tea and in Infusion, the green mint leaf has a place of choice in the culture of Maghreb. Indeed, the famous mint tea is concocted by letting infuse green tea with approximately 100 fresh mint leaves per liter and a lot of sugar. The cultivar Mentha spicata 'Nana', is generally used ; It is characterized by a spicy but soft aroma. This appellation is found in the name in modern standard Arabic of mint tea " Chāï Bil n'anā " (شاي بالنعناع).

The leaves are used in drinks, such as the cocktail Mojito of Cuba, made of Rhum, Lime and fresh mint.

• Culinary

Easter mint leaves are also used in many culinary applications, such as with meat dishes, sauces for leg or roast beef (in Great Britain), Asian dishes.

• Essential oil is used for the manufacture of alcoholic or alcohol-free drinks, confectionery, ice cream and to flavor chewing gums or toothpaste.

• Medicinal

In herbalism, mints are tonic, stimulating and antispasmodic16. Green mint is traditionally used for its aromatic (tonic, fortifying), digestive (fighting heaviness, bloating, gas) and antispasmodic (nervousness, palpitations, cramps).

In infusion at 10-20 G For 1 liter of boiling water, mint exerts a sensitive action on the nervous system16.

• Melliferous plant

Very Appetient for insects including Bees.

Contents subject to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. Source : Article Mentha Spicata from Wikipedia in French (Authors)