How to Season & Use a Granite Mortar and Pestle (+ Fresh Mint Cooler Recipe!)

In this video, Rhonna walks you through how to season and use a brand new granite mortar and pestle for the very first time — then puts it straight to work making a refreshing fresh mint cooler perfect for summer! 🪨 What you'll learn: How to season a granite mortar and pestle step-by-step How to use a mortar and pestle the right way Why seasoning removes grit and prepares your stone for food use How to make a fresh mint cooler — a non-alcoholic summer refresher straight from the garden! Whether you just picked up your first mortar and pestle or you've had one sitting in a cabinet, this is the video to watch before you use it. And that mint cooler? Garden to glass in minutes. 🌿 Fresh mint grown right here in Zone 8a, Raleigh, NC — but this recipe works with any garden mint! 🛠️ GARDEN SHOPPING LIST You can find all the parts, tools, and garden beds used in our videos right here: Mortar & Pestle Set https://amzn.to/43WtXaR Honey Dispenser https://amzn.to/4pH3ne4 🛒 Amazon Storefront: https://amzn.to/4aoyGog 🛒 Lowe’s Favorites: https://shoplowes.me/3Jp5cgN (As an Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL 👕 Merchandise & More: https://theramblinggardeners.com/shop ☕ Buy us a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theramblingg... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 FOLLOW THE RAMBLING GARDENERS Instagram:   / theramblinggardeners   Pinterest:   / theramblinggardeners   Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheGGLLC TikTok:   / theramblinggardene   🌿 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Intro: Why I wanted a mortar & pestle (herbs, garden recipes) 0:30 – Harvesting fresh mint from the garden 1:15 – Rinsing and prepping the mint leaves 1:45 – Unboxing & what came with the set (recipe book!) 2:30 – Step 1: Rinse and scrub the mortar & pestle 3:15 – Step 2: Grinding rice to remove stone dust 4:30 – Honest thoughts on the rice grinding process 5:30 – Step 3: Seasoning with garlic, salt & pepper (skipping cumin — here's why) 7:00 – How to make garlic paste in the mortar (so easy!) 7:45 – Rinse, dry, and ready to use! 8:15 – Muddling the mint in the mortar bowl 9:00 – Building the mint cooler (honey, lemon, water) 9:45 – The honey tip — why you mix it with warm water first 10:15 – Final pour & taste test 🌿 10:45 – What's next: garden insect repellent video coming soon! #mortarandpestle #howtouseamortarandpestle #granitemortarandpestle #seasonmortarandpestle #mintcooler #summerdrinksrecipe #mocktail #freshherbs #gardenrecipes #herbgarden #homesteadkitchen #ramblinggardeners #gardentoglass #summerrecipes #mintrecipe