Moroccan Mint Tea

By JDARK

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon loose Chinese gunpowder green tea
• 5 cups boiling water
• 3 to 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 large bunch fresh mint

Details

Servings 5
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 25mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. Put tea in teapot and pour in 1 cup boiling water, then swirl gently to warm pot and rinse tea.
2. Strain out and discard water, reserving tea leaves in pot.
3. Add remaining 4 cups boiling water to tea and let steep 2 minutes.
4. Stir in sugar (to taste) and mint sprigs and steep 3 to 4 minutes more.
5. Serve in small heatproof glasses.