Thyme

Categories: Food | Food & Drink
    • Popular in French and Italian cooking
    • About 350 different species
    • Available fresh, powdered or dry
    • Fresh mostly only available in summer
    • Used for embalming in Ancient Egypt
  • A perennial herb of the mint family, thyme is native to the Mediterranean and southern region of Europe.

    Garden thyme is the most commonly used variety, with a strong minty and mild lemon aroma. Wild thyme, referred to as lemon thyme, has a much more pungent lemon smell than the garden variety.

  • Scientific Classification

    1. Kingdom: Plantae
    2. Division: Magnoliophyta
    3. Class: Magnoliopsida
    4. Order: Lamiales
    5. Family: Lamiaceae
    6. Genus: Thymus
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