How To Make Moroccan Mint Tea

Moroccan mint tea in a glass on a pink background

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How To Make Moroccan Mint Tea

Learning how to make Moroccan mint tea is the experience and recipe every home cook didn't know they needed. Made with just 4 simple ingredients, this North African-inspired tea is simple to make and perfect for cold or warm days.

Course: Beverages (Non-Alcoholic)

Cuisine: Moroccan

Diet: Diabetic, Gluten Free, Halal, Hindu, Kosher, Low Calorie, Low Fat, Low Lactose, Low Salt, Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword: Moroccan mint tea

Diet: Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Time: 15 minutes or less, 30 minutes or less, 45 minutes or less

Servings: servings

Author: Sarah Bond

Ingredients

Traditional Moroccan Mint Tea (serves 4)

4 tsp gunpowder green tea
5 cups water 1.2 L
4 tsp sugar
4 sprigs mint

Single-serving (serves 1)

1 tsp gunpowder green tea
1 ½ cups water 350 mL
1 tsp sugar
1 sprigs mint

Instructions

Traditional Moroccan Mint Tea

Boil: Boil water in a kettle or pot.
Clean: Add gunpowder green tea leaves to your teapot, then add 1 cup of boiling water to cover the leaves. Swirl it around then strain and discard the water.
Steep: To your teapot with the cleaned gunpowder green tea leaves, add fresh mint and sugar. Fill the pot with remaining boiling water, allowing tea to steep for 5 minutes.
Serve: Pour tea into serving glasses from a height, which creates a frothy “head” on top of each glass.

Single-Serving Moroccan Mint Tea

Boil: Boil water in a kettle or pot.
Clean: Add gunpowder green tea leaves to your tea infuser. Fill a serving glass with ½ cup of boiling water, then dip the tea infuser into the water for a few seconds. Discard the water.
Steep: Fill serving glass with remaining hot water, then add the infuser filled with the cleaned gunpowder green tea leaves, along with fresh mint and sugar. Let tea steep for 5 minutes. Before enjoying.

Notes

Don't have gunpowder green tea? Feel free to use the same amount of loose leaf green tea in its place, or 1 green tea bag for every 1 teaspoon of loose-leaf tea.

Make it iced! To make iced Moroccan mint tea, simply move the finished steeped tea to the refrigerator to chill for 1 to 2 hours, then serve over ice.

Make ahead: Iced mint tea is also a great way to prep the tea ahead of time. Just store a large batch in the fridge (without ice) until ready to enjoy (up to 2 days in advance).

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