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I think the green of mint is my favorite green after the green of moss. It is such a fresh, vital color.
Mint's sweet, fresh fragrance wafted all around us as we pinched the tender tops and filled our bucket.
We soon had enough for making 'Our Mint Dewlip'. Sometimes, though, it's hard for K and T to stop just because we have our share. They were having such fun filling the bucket that they could have gone on until only bare stalks remained. With lots of coaxing, I persuaded them that it's best to only ever pick what we need and know we can use... any more would be taking more than our share and that hurts Mother Earth. K was convinced, T wasn't so sure.
We rinsed our mint and then steeped it in hot water until it cooled (a poor caterpillar got steeped too)
See what a lovely amber the water became. We strained it and poured the golden Mint Tea into a jug. We added a little sugar and put the jug into the fridge to chill.
A few hours later, hot from working in the garden, we poured ourselves a lovely cool glass of 'Our Mint Dewlip'. T exclaimed... 'Num Water' (which is the thumbs up.) K wasn't convinced and I thought it was delicious.
Luckily mint grows so fast and we will be able to enjoy another jug of it's golden nectar soon.
6 comments:
mmm yum, I love mint and your posts are so inspirational, i think I will make some mint dewlip with my boys very soon.
Sounds delish to me. I think it would be fun to grow something, harvest it, and then be able to enjoy it too. I've never had much luck at growing gardens, but I love watching others do it.
Yum! That does sound delicious!!
I love suntea with fresh herbs. We did the same thing with wild violets last week. It was tasty!
I love mint tea. It's one of my favorite. Your mint dewlip tea is just lovely.
Very refreshing!
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