Arabian Mint Tea Recipe

Or you can choose to serve with absolutely nothing at all.

Arabian mint tea recipe.

Taste and season with salt and pepper. There s just no comparing the flavor of brewing from fresh leaves vs. Some moroccans place a sprig of fresh mint leaves directly in the glass of tea. Here is the recipe.

Place tea in a large metal teapot with 250 ml boiling water. Combine the mint and green tea and sugar in the teapot then fill it with the rest of the hot water. 4 cups water cup sugar 3 black tea bags 5 6 fresh mint leaves. Fill just one glass with the tea then pour it back in the pot.

Pour out the glasses of tea about two thirds to three quarters full. Pour water and sugar into a teapot or saucepan to boil on the stove. Allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes. Pour the quart of boiling water into the teapot and swirl once or twice to dissolve the sugar.

Add remaining 4 cups boiling water to tea and let steep 2 minutes. If the tea reaches a full boil the top can foam excessively and spill over making a mess. Add the beef stock tomato paste and worcestershire sauce and cook stirring occasionally for 5 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly. This helps to dissolve and distribute the sugar.

Strain out and discard water reserving tea leaves in pot. Heat on high until water is boiling and sugar has dissolved. Fresh mint tea tastes bright and clean while the flavor of dried mint can be rather bitter and dull when brewed too long. A shot glass is close to the slender glasses used in morocco.

Stir in sugar to taste and mint sprigs and steep 3 to 4 minutes more. Some moroccans prefer to add the mint leaves after the tea has steeped. This time we discard the water because it is considered to have the negative part of the tea. Moroccan tea can be served with meals dried fruits and nuts an array of sweets or other moroccan tea time recipes.

Again wait for 2 to 3 minutes swirl the teapot multiple times in order to rinse the tea leaves. Try to pour from an arm s length above each glass to get that nice foamy head. Heat it just until it reaches a simmer. Arabic mint tea.

Once you ve tried a cup of freshly steeped mint tea you ll never go back to the dried mint tea you get in a box. While water is boiling add the tea bags and mint leaves and boil rapidly for 3 minutes. Instead of stirring the sugar may be mixed into the tea by pouring tea into a glass then returning the tea to the pot. Set out glasses for the tea.

Keep the tea leaves inside the pot. Pour the water out and discard it. Add boiling water to a teapot that holds about 4 cups water and swirl to warm. Remove tea bags and add mint and stir to combine.

Discard the water and add the tea 24 mint leaves and sugar to the teapot. Pour the same quantity of one cup boiled water over the green tea into the teapot. Let the tea brew for three minutes.