Most likely it arrived with the Pilgrims. The theory is that Roman soldiers brought it to the British Isles and it eventually reached North America via colonists. Mint’s history goes all the way back to Ancient Egypt and was valued as a culinary herb by the Greeks, the Romans and the English. The mint herb was named for the water nymph (Menthe or Minthe) who the myth says was turned into a plant by Persephone because of an affair with Persephone’s husband, Hades. The Mentha genus was named by the Greek botanist Theophrastus who took his inspiration for it from Greek mythology. Other experts consider it a relative of watermint. Some botanists believe it to be the offspring of orange mint (sometimes called bergamot mint) but that point is controversial. In other words, there isn’t a lot of precise information about chocolate mint’s beginnings. The possible locations of chocolate mint’s origin are Europe, Africa, or Asia. ![]()
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