How to make traditional Moroccan Mint Tea.
Moroccan mint tea is a very important part of Moroccan dining
The national Moroccan drink is served in glasses at all times
and everywhere. It has mint flavor, is very sweet and is sometimes
seasoned with orange blossoms.
1 bunch mint, and mint leaves for garnish
3 teaspoons green Moroccan tea
3 tablespoons sugar or honey
Water: Boil water. Pour a small amount in a Moroccan teapot and
swish around to warm the pot. Put the tea in the tea pot, put a
little boiled water and swish to rinse tea with boiling water
discard water from the tea, Add the mint (reserve some for
garniture) and sugar in the teapot, cover with boiling water and
Bring to a boil again put it on a slow flame for 1 minute. Let tea
brew, stirring the leaves once or twice. Cover pot; steep at least 5
minutes.
Pour a small amount of tea into the Moroccan tea glass; pour
the tea
back into the teapot. Repeat 3 times to blend ingredients;
garnish each colorful Moroccan tea glass with springs of mint. Add a sprinkling of
orange-blossom water. Serve very hot.
Use a nice serving Moroccan brass tray and colorful tea glasses to make your
tea party a feast for the eyes and by using different colors of tea
glasses each guest will have a different color of his own.
check out our tea collection and enjoy.
Moroccan
Tea party collection
If you can't find Moroccan tea, you may want to use
green tea which is very similar to the Moroccan leaves, and
of course fresh
mint.
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