Plenty of people in the world love coffee. I never drank it
until I had children. Yep, that’s right, my children drive me to drink, no
surprise there! Coffee that is. The one thing I positively detest is that
coffee aftertaste that lingers on the back of your tongue following a cup (or
three as the case may be). I began thinking that there had to be an easy way to
eliminate this, so I didn’t have to relive the worst aspects of coffee. I was
drinking my first cup of coffee while looking out at my deck herb garden. All
was rarely quite; none of my children were awake, so I was savoring the moment….
And then I got an idea.
I went out to my chocolate mint plant, and clipped off a
single sprig. It was about two sets of leaves in total. I put it in my empty
cup, and filled it with coffee. Cream and sugar added and I had my experiment
ready! I gave the mint leaves a minute or two to release their oils, and I took
a sip. The flavor released by the leaves was just the barest hint of mint, meaning it was
not overpowering. More importantly, when I was done with the cup, I did not
have that taste on the back of my tongue!
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| My trooper chocolate mint plants! |
I discovered this trick in the summer, and I have been using
it with almost every cup of coffee. I brought my herbs indoors in pots. They
grow a bit slower, but I also pilfer sprigs from my spearmint plant as well.
Buy yourself a couple of mint plants, or find a neighbor like me, and be
prepared to enjoy your coffee without that lingering taste!
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