Name: Moroccan Mint Tea
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 tsp green tea leaves (gunpowder); 5 tsp sugar; 12-14 fresh mint leaves; 1 cup water; 1 sprig of mint per glass to serve

I love Moroccan Mint Tea, so it was the first thing I chose to prepare for my Daring Cooks’ Middle Eastern Breakfast. It traditionally hails from the Maghreb region (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia), but it has now spread throughout the Arab world. It is more like a “social drink” served to guests and I would compare it to the Indian chai in this. I remember very similar scenes of me shopping at the bazaars in Mumbai and the souk in Tunis and being offered chai and mint tea respectively. It is amazingly delicious… packed with mint flavour, golden and sweet, almost nectar-like. It goes very well with the rest of the breakfast dishes I prepared (Ful Medames and Za’atar Manouche). It is one of those comforting drinks that are great to know how to make, so you can enjoy it whenever you feel like it. Enjoy!

Moroccan Mint Tea

Moroccan Mint Tea - packed with mint flavour, golden and sweet, almost nectar-like.

Course Breakfast, Drink

Cuisine Middle-Eastern, Moroccan

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 2

Author Manuela Zangara

Ingredients

1 tsp green tea leaves gunpowder
5 tsp sugar
12-14 fresh mint leaves
1 cup water
1 sprig of mint per glass to serve

Instructions

Mix the tea and sugar.
Crush the mint leaves in the water and bring to a boil. Pour the hot water over the tea and sugar and let it steep for 5 minutes.
Put a small sprig of mint in two glasses. Strain the tea into the glasses and drink while hot.