Without disturbing the tea leaves pour out the tea onto a kettle teapot.
Maghrebi mint tea recipe.
A simple and practical method runs as follows.
Add sugar and heat the tea.
The flavor evolves from gentle to strong to bitter as the ritual unfolds.
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.
If desired add fresh mint leaves to the teapot or directly to the cup.
Allow it to steep for at least 15.
To make moroccan mint tea the ingredients are gunpowder loose tea a generous bunch of fresh mint leaves and sugar.
Traditionally the tea is served in small glass vessels three times.
How to make traditional moroccan mint tea.
The moroccan tea service teapot glasses and tray green gunpowder tea and mint.
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.
Also called maghrebi mint tea british merchants first introduced chinese gunpowder green tea to morocco in the 1860s.
Choosing the right kettle or teapot is also primordial to make real moroccan mint tea.
Historians differ as to when they believe tea was introduced to moroccan.
Switch off the flame cover and let is steep for 10 minutes.
Put in the mint leaves and let it sit for a minute.
Don t forget the sugar.
Without stirring filter the mixture into a stainless steel pot so that the tea leaves and coarse powder are removed.
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.
The traditional moroccan teapot is beautiful curvy and elegant with the perfect spout for that high ceremonial pour.
Moroccan mint tea and moroccan tea culture.
Remove the fresh mint within two minutes otherwise it might give some people acid reflux.
First we boil the water says jalouni and then we add the green tea and boil it for another five minutes.
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.
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