The better way to eat mint leaves are: mint leaves tea, mint leaves soup, mint leaves porridge and so on.

1, mint leaves tea

Mint leaves can be brewed tea to drink, and then mint leaves tea to drink, is the need to wash the fresh mint leaves, and then placed in a clean glass, add boiling water to brew, and then put the right amount of sugar, and so on, after it cools down to drink such a herbal tea.

2, mint leaves soup

Mint leaves can also make soup to drink, with mint leaves soup when you need to wash fresh mint leaves, and later chopped, and then blanched in boiling water, put into the pot, add the right amount of broth and a little salt, and then put the right amount of sesame oil heating and boiling can be out of the pot to eat.

3, mint leaves porridge

Mint leaves can also be used to cook porridge to drink, and then mint leaves porridge, drink need to prepare 30 grams of fresh mint leaves to wash it, and then cut into pieces, and then prepare 60 grams of rice, wash it into the pot after adding water to boil, and then a small fire to cook for half an hour, put the right amount of rock sugar, and then cut mint leaves into the pot to cook for 10 minutes to cook can be out of the pot! The mint leaves will be ready to be served after 10 minutes of cooking.

Mint growing environment:

Mint adaptability is very strong, in the altitude of 2100m below the region can grow, in the sunny, altitude of 300 ~ 1000m areas can be cultivated. Mint is not strict on soil requirements, in clay, loam, sandy soil, etc. can grow, the general soil pH to 6.5 ~ 7.5 is appropriate. Prefer a mild and humid environment, rhizome planting the average daily temperature of 6 ℃ can be seedlings, above ground can withstand temperatures above 30 ℃, May to June the fastest-growing, suitable for the growth temperature of 20 ~ 30 ℃.

When the temperature drops below zero, the above-ground part shrinks and dries up, stopping growth. Roots are more cold hardy, negative 30 ℃ can still overwinter, the early and mid-growth need abundant rainfall, buds, flowers need adequate sunlight. Insufficient light, cloudy and rainy days, mint oil and menthol content is low.