Moroccan Mint Tea

Name: Moroccan Mint Tea
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon loose Chinese gunpowder green tea; 5 cups boiling water; 3 to 4 tablespoons sugar, or to taste; 1 large bunch fresh mint (1 ounce); a 1- to 1 1/2-quart teapot

5 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

1 tablespoon loose Chinese gunpowder green tea
5 cups boiling water
3 to 4 tablespoons sugar, or to taste
1 large bunch fresh mint (1 ounce)
a 1- to 1 1/2-quart teapot

Directions

1

Put tea in teapot and pour in 1 cup boiling water, then swirl gently to warm pot and rinse tea. Strain out and discard water, reserving tea leaves in pot.
2

Add remaining 4 cups boiling water to tea and let steep 2 minutes. Stir in sugar (to taste) and mint sprigs and steep 3 to 4 minutes more. Serve in small heatproof glasses.