Israeli Tea

Maeven6's Note:

This is a strong tea served in Israel and middle east. I am posting this at the request of my Eldest daughter who loves this Tea and was afraid of loosing the family recipe, such as it is.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 tablespoons strong loose tea
• 3 cardamom seeds
• sugar
• cream

Directions:

1. Set the tea kettle on bringing fresh water to a boil.
2. Meanwhile rest a tea strainer into the top of your teapot and place the tea and cardomon into the tea strainer.
3. When the water comes to a boil slowly pour it over the tea into the teapot till the teapot is full.
4. Put the lid on and let it rest 3-5 minutes.
5. Remove strainer.
6. Serve hot tea with sugar and cream to taste. We like it sweet and creamy.

Reviews

[UmmBinat]

Delish and the smell of the cardamom is beautiful. I made a version of this with English Breakfast tea bags, 3 cardamom pods lightly crushed, because I love cardamom and because I wasn't sure 3 seeds was correct. I used honey instead of sugar to be healthier but would use white sugar next time because I didn't like the honey flavour in this. I used a bit of heavy cream as that is what I had. I will make this again!!

[Chef RZ Fan]

Great stuff ! I found the cardamom in the bulk spices at Whole Foods.I made my tea with Earl Gray. I used Fat Free Half and Half and honey. Thank you for sharing this one.

[Monica in PA]

Delicious! The cardamom seeds make all the difference. I was finally able to find the cardamom seeds at a Middle Eastern store today. Thank you so much for sharing.