Q&A for How to Make Peppermint Tea

Yes, it will help you to relax and help you sleep easier.

Yes, peppermint is proven to reduce stomach pain and bloating and is highly beneficial to your digestive system as a whole.

Personally, I don't think it tastes very good, but that's just my opinion. Maybe pour a little in a separate cup with sugar just to try it out.

Honey is a delicious and common ingredient used to sweeten peppermint tea. Many prefer using honey over sugar because it adds a slightly different flavor.

You can add Peppermint leaves to a fruit salad, eat them plain, use them to enhance smells, etc.

Yes. Most people like it that way.

The stem might have a negative effect on the taste of the tea, so I would take the leaves off first (It may turn bitter).

Absolutely! Any peppermint will work for the tea.

Yes, you can try this. Most people drink peppermint tea without milk but it is actually tastes really good with milk and honey. If you don't like it, you can always go back to drinking it without milk.

Yes, as long as it is essence suitable for consumption, not essential oil. If it is essential oil, it is unsuitable for ingestion and may be harmful to your health. Only use about 2-3 droplets of essence, as it can be overpowering.

Not really. You can add a drop to a cup of water (remember, it's so strong that two drops is enough to flavour an entire batch of cookies!) but it won't taste much like peppermint tea, as not all of the lead to makes it into the extract, just some of the oils.

Yes, you can. The taste might clash a bit - peppermint is usually mixed with green tea rather than black Lipton - but the only way to know if you'll like it is to try it.

Yes, any kind of edible mint is fine. My local tea store sells spearmint and peppermint separately and blended. They all taste different.

Mint tea is usually yellowish when brewed. That's just natural. If you want it to be green, I don't think you have any options other than food colouring.

Yes if you want to but usually you just drink it without anything in it. If you add those things, it may not taste as good but you can try it.

Yes. You can, though it might take a few minutes. I would boil it for 5 minutes then check it. If it is not ready, boil it for another five minutes.

Peppermint leaves have a strong odor, so not only would that flavor transfer to the tea, it would also make the tea smell like peppermint.