Place the rinsed tea leaves in a teapot.
Moroccan mint green tea recipe.
Moroccan teapots vary in size but a small pot typically holds about a half liter six small tea glasses while a larger pot holds approximately a liter 12 glasses.
Pour a glass of freshly boiled water over the green tea wait a minute then strain the tea leaves and discard the water.
Deliciously brewed chinese gunpowder green tea is blended with fresh mint and cane sugar.
Moroccan folks love the mint green tea and they drink it almost on a daily basis.
Let tea brew stirring the leaves once or twice for 3 minutes.
Fill just one glass with the tea then pour it back in the pot.
Let the tea brew for three minutes.
Everyone knows about it and loves it but making it remains a mystery.
Combine the mint and green tea and sugar in the teapot then fill it with the rest of the hot water.
Pour tea through a tea strainer.
A shot glass is close to the slender glasses used in morocco.
This helps to dissolve and distribute the sugar.
This is an easy recipe to make hot or iced.
Add the mint leaves 8 small glasses of simmering water and 9 sugar cubes.
Simmered altogether it makes the most incredible mint tea.
Set out glasses for the tea.
Put tea in teapot and pour in 1 cup boiling water then swirl gently to warm pot and rinse tea.
Many families serve tea more than once a day and moroccan hospitality dictates that one must always offer mint tea to both drop ins and expected guests.
Chinese gunpowder green tea is enhanced with a generous handful of fresh mint leaves and brewed together in a moroccan tea pot into a delightful refreshing snack.
Let the tea steep for 7 minutes.
This process rinses the tea and helps remove some of its bitterness.
All around the world moroccan mint tea is probably the most famous emblem of morocco.
Strain out and discard water reserving tea leaves in pot.
Many families serve the markedly sweet beverage several times a day with or without food and both drop in and invited company can expect to be offered tea as a welcoming.
Today morocco s famous mint tea green tea steeped with a lot of spearmints has become symbolic not only of moroccan cuisine but also of moroccan hospitality and culture.
For moroccans mint tea is as important as earl grey is for the british and green tea is for the chinese.
Combine the mint and green tea and sugar in the teapot then fill it with the rest of the hot water.
Sometimes other types of mint or herbs may be added such as jasmine thyme wormwood.
Serving this delicious tea is also considered as a sign of hospitality and generosity.
