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Growing Mint for Tea?

Is fresh mint tea considered green tea or is there a special process that needs to be done?

By Martha L.

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January 9, 20120 found this helpful

Mint is an herb, so it is considered herbal tea. Mint is very, very easy to grow. I live in northern Ohio, and my mint comes back every year and thrives. I have not made hot tea with it, but I do put it in my iced tea, and I cook with it, and it is wonderful. No special preparation is required. One word of caution - mint will spread like crazy and take your garden or yard over. I planted mine in big pots, and that contains it. Just dig a hole in the ground big enough to hold the pot, leaving a few inches of the pot out of the soil. I love running my hand through the leaves and having that wonderful smell on my hands.

 
January 10, 20120 found this helpful

Green tea is actually from the same species of plant as regular black tea. I used to keep a pot of mint growing on the windowsill to make tea. I'd just snip off a few fresh leaves and let them steep for a few minutes in a mug of hot water, with a little sugar or honey added for sweetness.

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You can strain the leaves out if you like but you don't need to. To dry the leaves you can spread them on a cookie sheet in a low oven and bake until they're crispy and dry. You can freeze chopped mint in ice cubes too for adding to drinks or recipes. :-)

 

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January 11, 20120 found this helpful

You can buy pure peppermint teabags in the store, that's what I usually do. I want to start growing my own peppermint for my tea, I bought a plant last summer & didn't get it planted, so I'll start this summer hopefully.
On a side not, we had a huge mint plant in the back yard when I was a kid - our beloved Samoyed husky considered it his favorite place to pee - we didn't use it for our tea needless to say, LOL!

 

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