Mint Leaves?

[Moka-Pot]

Today, we bought some chocolate mint for our herb garden. It looks pretty much like regular mint but smells like those little Andes chocolate/mint candies.

The girl in the nursery says she lays it on top of her coffee grounds (I'm assuming a drip maker) to flavour her coffee.

When the plants get bigger, we might give it a try.

Just wondering if anyone else has added anything like that to their coffee and how it worked out.

I know lots of people enjoy mint tea, but I hadn't given it a thought for coffee.

 

[PinkRose]

First of all, I've never heard of chocolate mint plant. Are the leaves a chocolate color?
As they say, "You learn something new every day!"

The girl at the nursery may be on to something. People often ask me to put a shot of chocolate mint syrup in their coffee. The syrup smells like the dark chocolate mint Andes candies, but it's basically flavored sugar.

I think you need to give it a try and report back to us.

Rose

 

[Moka-Pot]

The leaves are green - it looks almost like regular mint but a little more viney.

We also bought an orange mint that's not quite as aromatic, but had an interesting smell.

Passed on the apple mint - somehow, those scents didn't seem to go together for me.

They did have a chocolate basil that was dark - I thought about buying one, but the little peat pots were so soggy they were falling apart.

 

[PinkRose]

What were you originally planning to use the mint leaves for? Iced tea?

 

[Moka-Pot]

Nothing really - I just like the smell.

I love iced tea, but not with mint. To be completely honest, I don't really like flavoured coffee either, but it was an interesting idea.

 

[wmark]

Mint ? I think it goes better with white rum.................and a splash of lemon juice..............oh yeah, don't forget a little sugar!

 

[eldub]

I like mint with squid and hot peppers.

 

[Moka-Pot]

Mint ? I think it goes better with white rum.................and a splash of lemon juice..............oh yeah, don't forget a little sugar!

Mojitos, right?

I wasn't even thinking about that. For some reason, I just like peppermint candy.

The real reason I think I like the mint plants so much is that we had a big patch in our yard mixed in with some purple irises under a huge sycamore tree that came up every single year when I was growing up. I remember rubbing the leaves between my fingers for the aroma when I was playing outside.

For some reason, I can't seem to get any established, so I just buy it when I see it.