I've had a jar of coffee and you can't stop me from sleeping all weekend

[venta]

I am a big fan of mint milkshakes. They are, however, tricky to find. Java, the internet café in Whitby, sells them. I found a stall at Glastonbury that sold them. But that's it.

A while back, I bought some peppermint oil from Culpeper's. I wondered if a few drops, mixed with milk, would be nice.

It wasn't.

It really, really wasn't. It was all the bad stuff mint can be: harsh, and bitter, and making the back of your throat feel like someone was blowing freezing cold air down it. I suspect I put too much in (though it was only a few drops). But I don't think it'd be nice even if you got the quantities right.

Don't do it, kids. I've gone back to the banana Nesquik.

Comments

[sea-of-flame.livejournal.com]

Aiee - I'm not sure essential oil (which is what you'd have got from Culpeppers') is at ALL meant for consumption! Essential oils are meant for baths, compresses, massages - about the closest I'd get to using them for anything other than external use would be adding a few drops to hot water to use in a steam inhalation!

You want peppermint *essence* - from the cookery section of the supermarket!

Also, if you do want to try making from fresh herbs - remember there are a lot of types of mint - and the common mint you get in your garden isn't peppermint, it's the mint that goes with lamb ;)

[venta.livejournal.com]

The oil I bought from Culpeper's is meant for consumption - or at least, that's what they claimed when I bought it. I was always intending to use it (and the lemon oil I bought at the same time) in cooking, and checked it was intended for that when I bought it.

It doesn't say essential oil on the bottle, and I don't believe it's in the same packaging as their bathing and massing essential oils.

And no, I don't want peppermint essence, that doesn't work very well either :)