Snack · 15 min · moroccan

Moroccan Mint Tea

This is the kind of Moroccan snack you’ll make on repeat — green tea and fresh mint, 15 minutes, big payoff.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp Green tea
• 1 bunch Fresh mint
• 0.25 cup Sugar
• 4 cups Water

Steps

1. Rinse the gunpowder green tea with a splash of boiling water and discard the rinse — this tames the bitterness and is the essential first step.
2. Return the rinsed tea to the pot with the sugar and 4 cups of boiling water. Simmer 5 minutes until the sugar dissolves and the tea brews strong.
3. Bruise the mint bunch by clapping it between your hands — this releases the oils — and stuff it into the teapot. Steep 3 minutes off the heat.
4. Taste and adjust: Moroccan tea should be distinctly sweet, strong enough to stand up to the sugar, and intensely minty.
5. Pour from a height into small glasses — the pour aerates the tea and creates the signature foam on top. The higher the pour, the better the host.
6. Serve as the punctuation to every meal, every meeting, every conversation. In Morocco, mint tea is not a beverage; it is hospitality itself.

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