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Mint
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Generally
if you buy fresh mint from a store it will be spearmint or possibly
apple mint.
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I prefer
spearmint for in salad dressings for its sharper taste, and apple mint
in smoothies for its more subtle taste. Either are fine chopped up in
salads.
Mint
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There are
over 30 species belong to the huge mint-family. The most common versions
are peppermint (mentha piperita) with its dark
green leaves with a reddish stem and lavender flowers, and spearmint (mentha
spicata) which has lighter green, pointy leaves and pink flowers.
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Common
varieties of mint are spearmint, peppermint and apple mint.
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Apple mint (Mentha suaveolens)
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Moroccan mint (Mentha spicata 'nana')
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Peppermint
(Mentha Piperita)
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Pineapple mint (Mentha suaveolens 'Variegata')
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Spearmint
(Mentha spicata)
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