Spearmint

Mentha spicata Country of Origin: USARegion: Washington StateShipping Port: SeattleAltitude: 2500 – 4500 feet above sea levelGrade: Whole leaf, Cut (2nd Cut – best Cut) and Sifted Manufacture Type: Field grown, sun dried, machine milledCup Characteristics: A pungent cool fresh taste that takes your breath awayInfusion:Tending greenish with bright green infused leafIngredients: Luxury natural dried spearmint. Mint has an amazing variety of colors, aspects and aromas. The basic odor is fresh, piquant and peppery, but can vary with each type of mint. All the varieties of mint belong to the same botanical family, Labiatae, and their lavender or rose colored flowers blossom all summer long. In an early Greek myth, Persephone, the queen of the underworld, became angry at her husband’s wandering eye, especially when Hades noticed a young nymph names Minthe. One day, in a fit of jealousy, she turned the lovely woman into mint. Armed with this story, Hippocrates warned men to use mint cautiou