No herb is more widely known than the fragrant mint. Due to its multiple uses, both culinary and medicinal, mint has been an important herb since the early starts of civilization.

Mint origins

Historians assert that the ones responsible for carrying this herb throughout Europe are the Romans. During the medieval times, they used to scent their baths and strew their homes with mint, drink mint tea and use mint as remedy for several disorders. As for its name origins, mint is derived from the Latin Mentha. Legend has it that Pluto’s wife Persephone cast a spell on a lovely young lady who had turned Pluto’s eye and turned her into a mint plant. Because he couldn’t undo the spell, by way of consolation, Pluto gave it its entrancing aroma.

Mint – symbol of hospitality

According to the Greek mythology, mint is a symbol of hospitality. Legend sais that while walking through a village, ignored by all villagers, two strangers found room to rest only in an old couple’s home, Philemon and Baucis, who cleaned and freshened the table for the meal by rubbing it with mint leaves. As a reward for the hospitality Philemon and Baucis had shown them, the strangers, who turned out to be the gods Zeus and Hermes in disguise, turned the humble home into a temple. Mint thus became the symbol of hospitality.

By adding mint to the sweet-tart taste of lemonade, SOLO creates this unique refreshing taste widely sought for especially during summer. With this drink’s flavor and price, SOLO comes to meet and accomplish its customer’s needs for refreshing taste at an attractive price.