Spearmint

Spearmint.
Tea with mint will warm and soothe, leave a pleasant aftertaste. Perennial, spicy, medicinal, essential oil plant with a well-leafy bush, light-loving, prefers light, fertile soils. The leaves are light green, wrinkled, with a spicy taste and strong aroma. The inflorescence is spike-shaped. The collection of leaves is carried out from flowering to the end of the growing season. To improve bushiness, the plants are pinched. It is widely used in the pharmaceutical, perfumery and food industries. In home cooking, it is used to flavor tea, drinks, vinegars, sauces, canning and salting.

Eng.: Spearmint, English Mint. Bot.syn.: Mentha viridis L., Mentha spicata var. ciliata.