Milly-la-Forêt

Milly rests on the cool sandy soils of the Gâtinais, and peppermint finds there what it asks for: damp at the root, sun on the leaf. The trade settled in for good in the nineteenth century.

• Menthe poivrée de MillyThe peppermint that gave a village south of Paris its name: a clear green infusion, sharply minty.