Syrup
Garden Mint Syrup
A tier
Garden mint syrup is whatever mint was in the patch: often spearmint or a mix, grassy, less candy, the julep and iced-tea syrup. Bruised fresh leaves in hot syrup, steeped and strained. It browns and fades. Make it often. Named spearmint or peppermint cordials are more predictable.
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Characteristics
Preparations
BrunchIced TeaJulep
Traits
Bruise And SteepFadesFreshGrassyMixed PatchNot CandyPerishableUnpredictable
History
Cafe garden-mint syrups used mixed patch mint for iced tea and lemonades.
Garden mint syrup became a brunch mimosa and iced-tea standard.
The patch syrup stayed perishable and grassy beside bottled peppermint.