"Mint varieties"
-Mint varieties-
Mint varieties are many, a lot of look a little bit like, but a careful comparison, there are some differences, to see what kind of your home?
Liu Lanxiang mint: Liulanxiang mint is a very common mint varieties on the market, the leaves smell more fragrant, somewhat similar to toothpaste and chewing gum in the mint flavor can be eaten
Vietnamese mint: Vietnam mint is often used in Southeast Asian cuisine food, its flavor is fragrant, and the smell of Liulanxiang is not a lot of difference between the food can be eaten.
Orange mint: orange mint has the flavor of orange peel, the flavor is more refreshing, not pungent, hence the name, often used in cooking to eat.
Peppermint: Peppermint is very refreshing and has a mild peppery flavor, and can also be eaten.
English peppermint: English peppermint flavor at first taste is relatively exciting, the beginning of a very cool, and later will be a little milder, often used in cooking.
Earth mint: earth mint is many people's homes have varieties, but also the most common varieties, the flavor of a good smell is not punch, there is some green air, but also very cool, many places have wild.
Scotch mint: Scotch mint leaves have some fuzz on them, the flavor is more similar to that of spearmint, and belongs to the edible mint varieties.
Candy Mint: Candy mint has the sweet flavor of candy, mixed with some grassy scent, and is an edible variety of mint.
Grapefruit Mint: Grapefruit mint has a grapefruit flavor that is more refreshing and edible.
Apple mint: looks a bit like bumper sticker, tastes a bit apple flavor, has a fruity aroma, can be eaten
Pineapple mint: pineapple mint flavor is very fragrant, the edge of the leaf is white, more special, and apple mint flavor is close to the apple mint, can be eaten.
Cologne Mint/Floral Mint: the flavor is more refreshing, with the smell of lime soda, and can be consumed.
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Chocolate Mint: Chocolate Mint has darker colored leaves with a minty fresh scent and is edible.
Puree Mint: commonly used in industrial menthol extraction, which has a high menthol content and is generally not used for consumption.
There are also some flowers, such as catnip, American mint, etc., although the name has mint in it, but it is not actually mint, and some of them can be eaten, and some of them can not.
For example, catnip can cause hallucinations and strange movements when eaten, and cats can become addicted to it if they consume too much of it.
American peppermint, the flowers are more beautiful, long flowering period, often used to do landscaping, no mint medicinal effect, but can also be used to make tea gargling, the smell of peppermint.
Mint varieties, raised 8 kinds of is a god, look at your home have a few kinds?