I made some mint simple syrup earlier this summer before my mint plant started sort of dying but then sort of recovering.  It was fantastic in iced tea, in mint juleps, in everything. 

See these pretty bottles of simple syrup? They were recently spotted at a Southern California coffee joint, selling for $7 apiece. That’s criminal.

You can buy the fanciest, organic, angel-kissed whole cane sugar for 18 cents per ounce and turn into simple syrup in less time than it takes…