Maghrebi Mint Tea Recipe

The moroccan tea service teapot glasses and tray green gunpowder tea and mint.

Maghrebi mint tea recipe.

First we boil the water says jalouni and then we add the green tea and boil it for another five minutes. Add sugar and heat the tea. Put in the mint leaves and let it sit for a minute. The flavor evolves from gentle to strong to bitter as the ritual unfolds.

Don t forget the sugar. If desired add fresh mint leaves to the teapot or directly to the cup. Also called maghrebi mint tea british merchants first introduced chinese gunpowder green tea to morocco in the 1860s. Ingredients 1 tablespoon loose chinese gunpowder green tea 5 cups boiling water 3 to 4 tablespoons sugar or to taste 1 large bunch fresh mint 1 ounce.

A simple and practical method runs as follows. You can also flavor your tea with some aromatics as i will show you to give it a more interesting flavor and some health benefits. Without disturbing the tea leaves pour out the tea onto a kettle teapot. Allow it to steep for at least 15.

The traditional moroccan teapot is beautiful curvy and elegant with the perfect spout for that high ceremonial pour. Ingredients 2 tablespoon tea leaves green 3 cups water tap cool 3 cups mineral water bottled cool 1 handful fresh spearmint leaves cup sugar granulated. Choosing the right kettle or teapot is also primordial to make real moroccan mint tea. Switch off the flame cover and let is steep for 10 minutes.

Historians differ as to when they believe tea was introduced to moroccan. Without stirring filter the mixture into a stainless steel pot so that the tea leaves and coarse powder are removed. In a teapot combine two teaspoons of tea leaf with a half liter of boiling water. To make moroccan mint tea the ingredients are gunpowder loose tea a generous bunch of fresh mint leaves and sugar.

Boil water in a vessel and add the tea leaves to the boiling water. How to make traditional moroccan mint tea. Moroccan mint tea and moroccan tea culture. By jalouni s estimation about a tablespoon of green tea works for making a pot of moroccan mint tea of which most of the tea pots are about a liter in size about four to five cups of water.

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