Moroccan Mint Tea

Name: Moroccan Mint Tea
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons green tea - or Moroccan tea (traditionally Moroccans use gunpowder green); 24 whole mint leaves - plus more for garnish; 4 tablespoons Splenda; 4 cups boiling water - plus more to warm the teapot

4 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

4 teaspoons green tea - or Moroccan tea (traditionally Moroccans use gunpowder green)
24 whole mint leaves - plus more for garnish
4 tablespoons Splenda
4 cups boiling water - plus more to warm the teapot

Directions

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Rinse teapot in boiling water (to heat the pot). Pour out water. Quickly add tea, mint leaves and sugar to the pot, then add boiling water and swirl the pot gently a few times to dissolve the sugar. Replace lid (cover pot with a towel or a tea cozy if you're serving hot tea) and allow to steep for 5 minutes.
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2. Pour tea through a strainer into serving cups. Or, cool to room temp and chill if you're serving it as iced tea. Serve with a mint sprig in or on top.