From the Chianti region of Tuscany, this unique mint syrup has many fascinating uses. Diluted with cold water, it is a refreshing summer drink and digestive. Frozen in ice cubes, it is a wonderful addition to cold drinks such as iced tea. Use it as an ingredient or topping in home-made sorbets and ice creams. A wonderful sweetener in hot green or black tea. A classic Italian drink is "latte e menta," milk and mint, which can be drunk hot in the winter and cold in the summer. Mix it with strawberries and cream or peaches and cream, and you're in dessert utopia.