In a blender combine the lemon juice mint sugar and 1 2 cup of the water and blend until fully liquid.
Arabic mint tea recipe.
Home mint tea نقيع النعنع.
4 cups water cup sugar 3 black tea bags 5 6 fresh mint leaves.
September 7 2009 drinks the good old days of making mooneh provisions for the winter are over for a large majority of lebanese folks my grandmother s generation made mooneh dedicating days to making pickles and olives and jams and labneh balls and eggplant makdoos and moghrabiyeh and kishk.
Fill up the pot with boiling water and let it infuse for 2 3 mins or until the liquid starts to take on a slight pale yellow green hue.
Strain the tea into cups or heatproof glasses and sweeten with honey to taste.
Some moroccans place a sprig of fresh mint leaves directly in the glass of tea.
Arabic mint tea.
Serve in small heatproof glasses.
Heat on high until water is boiling and sugar has dissolved.
Try to pour from an arm s length above each glass to get that nice foamy head.
A shot glass is close to the slender glasses used in morocco.
Combine the mint and green tea and sugar in the teapot then fill it with the rest of the hot water.
Stir in sugar to taste and mint sprigs and steep 3 to 4 minutes more.
Pour out the glasses of tea about two thirds to three quarters full.
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Strain through a fine mesh sieve reserving the liquid and discarding the.
The pine nuts don t add anything to the flavor of the drink so i usually leave them off.
She was born sometime in 1895.
Moroccan tea can be served with meals dried fruits and nuts an array of sweets or other moroccan tea time recipes.
Moroccan teapots vary in size but a small pot typically holds about a half liter six small tea glasses while a larger pot holds approximately a liter 12 glasses.
Drop the reserved mint into the cups to decorate if you like.
Fill just one glass with the tea then pour it back in the pot.
This helps to dissolve and distribute the sugar.
I buy my rose water from a local middle eastern grocery store you can also find it at.
Set out glasses for the tea.
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Pour water and sugar into a teapot or saucepan to boil on the stove.
Many families serve tea more than once a day and moroccan hospitality dictates that one must always offer mint tea to both drop ins and expected guests.
Here is the recipe.
A light and refreshing version of iced tea that is served at all the local greek and lebanese restaurants.
I was quite surprised to discover that this recipe actually originated in the new orleans baton rouge area.
