【The Daily Meal】Peppermint Vs Spearmint: The Differences Everyone Should Know

strip

意味　（布· 紙· 食べ物などの） 細長い一片

Think about chewing gum for a moment. You can also think of breath mints like Tic-Tacs if you like. When you think about chewing gum and breath mints, do any particular flavors pop into your head? Maybe you’re thinking about a strip of spearmint-flavored gum, or a few peppermint-flavored mints, colored just like the candy canes you’d get at Christmas. If you were to describe the difference between that piece of spearmint gum and the peppermint mints, would you be able to? You may note the contrast in texture, sure, but would you notice anything noticeably different in the flavor of that strip of gum and that peppermint candy?

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ペパーミントは甘みがあって、スペアミントはもっとスッキリしてる印象なんだけど、正直区別できないわ。

muddy the waters

意味　 事態を混乱させる.

It’s not unreasonable to believe that both spearmint and peppermint are the same, just under different names. After all, they both have “mint” in their names, they’re both popular flavors of gum and mints, and they leave a delightfully fresh taste to your breath. But it may surprise you to learn that spearmint and peppermint, while belonging to the same “mint” family and having use in cooking and confectionaries, aren’t exactly the same. In fact, further, seemingly muddying the waters between the two, peppermint is actually a hybrid of the spearmint strain, making it a sort of off-shoot from spearmint altogether.

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additive

意味　添加物; (燃料) 添加剤.

The reason for peppermint’s strong flavor is actually because of the amount of menthol in it. Menthol is a naturally-occurring chemical substance found in all types of mint plants, which gives said mint plants their trademark cooling effects. It’s this cooling effect that makes menthol popular as an additive, found in anything from cough drops to even certain types of cigarettes. But if spearmint and peppermint, both types of mint plants, have menthol in them, why does peppermint candy have such a powerfully cold flavor to it than spearmint?

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Earlier on

意味　（もっと） 早くから, （もっと） 先 [以前] に （⇔later on）

Earlier on, we mentioned that peppermint is an “off-shoot” of spearmint. Peppermint, although naturally occurring, is actually a cross between the spearmint plant and the water mint plant, commonly grown in the wild or as a food source. In fact, this water mint-spearmint hybrid also plays an interesting role in natural medicine. As a medicinal ingredient, peppermint has a surprisingly long history, dating as far back as the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. It’s even mentioned by Roman philosophers.

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一応調べた、想像どおりの意味で安心した。

sore

意味　〈体の一部が〉（けが· 筋肉痛などで） 痛い; （炎症などで） ひりひりする, ずきずき痛む

Thanks to its cooling properties and being rather common out in the wild, peppermint is a popular and frequent ingredient in a variety of medicines across the Eastern and Western worlds. One may find that peppermint oils are useful for relieving pains like toothaches and sore throats, as an antiseptic, and as a simple aromatic. Spearmint also has its uses in the medical field as well. Like peppermint, spearmint is used to help relieve pains or indigestion, is a topical ointment for swelling, and may even have some use as an antioxidant.

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喉の痛み？って一瞬思ったけど、ミントのど飴効くわね、なるほど。