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Old April 19, 2012   #1
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Hello All, I would like some mint advice: which mint retains its flavor the best when dried? I would like to dry some mint leaves for tea over the winter. I have tried applemint (not too crazy about it) and chocolate mint. So far the chocolate is drying up with the best (truest) flavor, but it could be improved upon. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
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The only mint I like is spearmint.
It keeps very well.

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The one they're selling everywhere these days as Mojito Mint, which I think is spearmint, is amazing for winter tea. I save as much of it as I can, and still run out of it. My company loves it, too.

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Thanks! I think that spearmint is the direction I want to head in Janezee, where did you obtain your plant? So many times, because mints hybridize so readily, one persons "mint" is different from another's, under the same name.
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Hehehehehehehe!
My neighbor couldn't get rid of it fast enough, so I took some and potted it up. I can't have it running wild here. I could send you some in a baggie in a couple of weeks, if you like.
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I have 4 pots of it growing and it has taken root from the bottoms of the pots.

It wont live here without being watered.
I dont really care I can think of worse things to have in the yard.

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I have it potted up in double pots, so the air space root prunes it for me. I grow it in the gravel driveway so it gets sun and doesn't take over the perennial bed it's next to, or the driveway, for that matter.
If the land were mine, things would be different, you betcha.

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I have it potted up in double pots, so the air space root prunes it for me. I grow it in the gravel driveway so it gets sun and doesn't take over the perennial bed it's next to, or the driveway, for that matter.
If the land were mine, things would be different, you betcha.

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That would be great. Send me a PM when you are ready and we will figure out the postage costs.
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