Moroccan Mint Tea

Submitted by NcMysteryShopper

"Hot mint tea is a favorite in Morocco, where it's served in small glasses any time of day or night. It's very sweet and packed with mint flavor. It is great cold as well; let the tea cool completely and then strain it into ice-filled glasses."

 

• Ready In: 18mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 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

1. 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.
2. Add sugar and mint leaves and stems to the teapot. Add the remaining 3 cups boiling water. Cover and let steep for 5 minutes.
3. Stir. Continue to steep for 5 minutes more.
4. Strain tea into cups.

Reviews

[kindcook]

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!

 

[Mrs J B]

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.

 

[PjD25361]

Very good! Made for ZWT3.

 

[Annacia]

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.

 

[Um Safia]

Reviewed for ZWT3. Excellent tea, easy to make and quite authentic. I'm married to a North African so we have a lot of mint tea in our house and this recipe got the thumbs up! Than You :)