Spearmint is softer, sweeter, and easier all-day; peppermint is sharper and colder, closer to the menthol lane. If gum is your reference point you want spearmint; if it is candy canes, peppermint.
Selectively: it flatters watermelon and citrus but flattens berries. The pre-made mojito and melon-mint blends on the wall are where the pairing already works.










