Mint Tea – African Recipes

Recipe ingredients and directions:

Moroccan Mint Tea

Makes 4 cups

apporx 1 1/4 pints (750 ml) water

3-4 tsp tea leaves

20-30 spearmint leaves

4 sprigs of mint

Boil the water in the kettle. Warm the teapot. Put the tea and

mint leaves in and add the boiling water. Leave it to brew for 2

or 3 minutes. While brewing, warm tumblers by rinsing in hot water.

Put one sprig of mint in each tumbler. Pour tea into each tumbler

through a strainer. It is normal to add sugar lumps to the teapot,

but it can be added tot the tumbler to taste after pouring.

Now this is the original Moroccan mint tea recipe. I drink an awful

lot of tea, lemon or mint, and this is my quick mint tea version:

Make tea as you do normally; cut some sprigs of mint from the plant

in the pot on the balcony, rinse under the tap, put into a big mug,

pour tea into mug: enjoy!

Category: African Recipes