Moroccan Mint Tea

photo by Um Safia


- Ready In:
- 18mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 quart boiling water, plus more for heating the teapot
- 3 green tea bags (equivalent to 1 Tablespoon loose green tea)
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 3 cups firmly packed mint leaves, and tender stems crushed, plus
- 4 sprigs of fresh mint, for garnish
directions
- Pour about 1/2 cup boiling water into a teapot, swish it around to heat the pot, and dump out. Add tea to the teapot and pour in 1 cup of the boiling water. Cover and let steep 3 minutes.
- Add sugar and mint leaves and stems to the teapot. Add the remaining 3 cups boiling water. Cover and let steep for 5 minutes.
- Stir. Continue to steep for 5 minutes more.
- Strain tea into cups.
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Reviews
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This was fresh and delicious! The color was such a lovely golden; really made it appetizing. I changed the recipe a bit by basically making 1/3 of the batch. I used 1 cup of mint, 2 cups of water, 1 teabag (which I took out after the 3 minutes to prevent bitterness) and NO sugar. Instead, I added a teaspoon of honey to each teacup (made 4 servings, just like recipe said) and that was plenty sweet and flavorful to me. I can't wait to serve this to friends! Thanks!
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Mr JB loves his Sweet Tea, and says that tea without sugar is "unfulfilled". Unfortunately, he can't have black tea or a lot of sugar anymore. This recipe works well for him as iced tea, provided I substitute a tablespoon of honey for all that sugar. Gives it just enough sweet to notice. Will have to increase my mint crop to meet demand.
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Wonderful tea that was simply lovely with Recipe #232778 for this morning's breakfast. Aside from using Splenda to sweeten it after it was made I just followed the directions and was rewarded with a beautifully aromatic and rich mint taste. I can't think of a single thing to improve it so this has to be 5 stars.
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Mr JB loves his Sweet Tea, and says that tea without sugar is "unfulfilled". Unfortunately, he can't have black tea or a lot of sugar anymore. This recipe works well for him as iced tea, provided I substitute a tablespoon of honey for all that sugar. Gives it just enough sweet to notice. Will have to increase my mint crop to meet demand.