Oregon's deep rich soil, moist cool winters and long dry sunny summers provide mint growers with the natural tools to produce spearmint and peppermint. The mint is harvested in July and August, and when dried, it is sold as leaf or to produce oil. Stash Tea purchases its mint leaf directly from Oregon farmers. It is sent from Oregon fields to the Stash plant where it is packaged to protect the freshness. Mint leaves have been used medicinally for thousands of years.
Studies show that both spearmint and peppermint help to stimulate the body and calm the stomach.
Peppermint is one of the oldest and best tasting home remedies for indigestion. Mint can also help soothe a nagging cough, sore throats and allergies. Cinnamon, native to Sri Lanka, is the dried bark of a tree of the Laurel family. It is one of the earliest sought after spices, with references to its use in the Bible and in ancient Egypt. The evergreen cinnamon tree grows to over 30 feet in the wild, but is kept shorter under cultivation.