Acknowledged as the best quality peppermint available english peppermint is at the luxury end of the market the normal american mentha piperita tends to go into products such as toothpaste and confectionery english peppermint also known as mitcham peppermint is used for after dinner mints and mint liqueurs it is a much smoother fuller and more rounded oil than the standard product it has an unusually high content of methylesters giving excellent body and sweetness and a modest content