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the gum flavor that lied to your tongue about how fresh it really felt.
means A common species of mint (Mentha spicata) with a cool, sweet flavor, widely used in gum, toothpaste, candy, and cooking.
from The "mint" half goes back to Latin menta and Greek mintha — and in Greek myth, Minthe was a nymph crushed by a jealous Persephone and transformed into the fragrant herb. The "spear" half is plainer: it describes the plant's pointed, spear-shaped leaves, a name in English since around the 16th century.
- active compound
- carvone gives spearmint its signature cool taste
- no menthol
- unlike peppermint, it contains almost zero menthol
- ancient breath
- Romans scrubbed teeth with it for fresher breath
- latin name
- Mentha spicata, meaning spiked mint
- cooling trick
- it tricks nerve receptors, not actual temperature
for instance
spearmint mojito — cuban cocktail made with fresh spearmint leaves, rum, lime, and sugar, served at bars worldwide since the 1930s
spearmint gum — wrigley's spearmint, launched in 1893 and still the best-selling spearmint chewing gum globally