Mint is a plant found in the known world.
Culture
Wild mint is a plant found on the road between Yunkai and Meereen in Slaver's Bay on the continent of Essos.[1]
History
When Lysa Arryn told her father, Lord Hoster, that she was pregnant with the child of Petyr Baelish, Hoster gave her moon tea, with tansy, mint, wormwood, a spoon of honey and a drop of pennyroyal, to abort her child.[2]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Catelyn Stark is served a pot of mint tea in Winterfell.[3]
Sansa Stark thinks that Lord Petyr Baelish's smells like mint,[4] which he had enjoyed chewing as a boy.[5]
Three-Finger Hobb cooks a special meal garnished with sprigs of mint for the eight recruits (Todder, Halder, Grenn, Dareon, Albett, Pypar, Matthar and Jon Snow) ready to swear their oaths to become men of the Night's Watch.[6]
A Clash of Kings
Xaro's home has fragrant gardens full of lavender and mint.[7]
A Storm of Swords
Petyr Baelish tastes of mint when he kisses Sansa Stark.[2]
A Dance with Dragons
Slave girls serve flagons of ale, wine, and an iced green drink that smells of mint.[8]
Quotes
It came back to her so vividly she could almost feel his sweaty fingers on her shoulders and taste the mint on his breath. There was always mint growing in the godswood, and Petyr had liked to chew it. He had been such a bold little boy, always in trouble.[5]
—thoughts of Catelyn Stark
References
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 57, Daenerys V.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa VII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 14, Catelyn III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 29, Sansa II.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 41, Jon V.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 27, Daenerys II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 27, Tyrion VII.