Peppermint

Peppermint Our spice is peppermint, which is a pungent and aromatic mint (Mentha piperita) with dark green lanceolate leaves and whorls of small pink flowers in spikes. Peppermint is used in baking (candy, cookies, taffy, teas and many others), in aromatherapy, and oils. It is now located all over the world, but it originated probably in England and then spread to Central and Southern Europe and Africa (main cultivation area). Peppermint is a perennial plant …

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