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 The taste of English mint revived for the 21st century
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 Summerdown Pure Mint chocolate peppermint creams are made using the rare single estate English peppermint oil, harvested and distilled on our farm. These delicious peppermint creams have a cool and creamy fondant centre, delicately enrobed in rich dark chocolate.
Summerdown have recently launched a new product - chocolate mint crisps. Made with a thin layer of dark crispy chocolate and peppermint oil, they melt deliciously in the mouth with the cool, lingering taste of Black Mitcham mint.
Summerdown Pure Mint peppermint tea is made using the same pure Black Mitcham peppermint leaf and oil. Fresh, aromatic and bright, our peppermint tea is valued for its digestive and calming properties.
English
mint
At the beginning of the 20th century, England was renowned for producing
the best mint in the world - the French still call peppermint menthe Anglaise,
or English mint. Over the years, pressure to grow food crops and the rising
cost of labour brought a decline in cultivation, leaving the US to take
over the commercial production of oil.
SummerdownDuring the last decade, Summerdown has reintroduced traditional Black Mitcham peppermint to this country, relearning lost mint-farming skills from America and combining them with the latest production technology at our farm in the foothills of the Hampshire downs.
 Pure
peppermint oil
When our mint fields have been harvested, the leaves are taken to our purpose-built
distillery. The result is a rare single estate peppermint oil, with consistent
quality and a soft, lingering taste. It has a cooler, more intense flavour
and scent than other varieties - a property that also makes it highly-prized
by aromatherapists.
A Different Taste
This is mint as your grandparents and great-grandparents would have known
it - a taste that has been lost for generations. Fresh, smooth and bright,
it is very different from the harsher, blended, imported peppermint of the
past 60 years. |
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