Pickwick Tea Minty Marocco, 20 Tea Bags

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For an authentic version of this Moroccan mint tea, be sure to try this recipe from Safa at Moroccan Zest! It is not just meant for drinking; it is meant for sharing and is a symbol of hospitality and family in Morocco. Moroccan people use a generous quantity of mint and sometimes, they have to bend the branches and squeeze them to make them enter the teapot. As an example, during the cold season, Moroccans tend to add herbs known for their warming properties, like a variety of Pennyroyal mint and absinthe.

Moroccan teapots have built-in strainers, but if using another type of teapot, you'll need to use a small strainer when pouring the tea. Making delicious Moroccan mint tea comes down to using specific tea leaves and mint leaves, and a specific type of teapot. To send data to sendinblue, you need to consent to the transfer of data and storage of third-party cookies by sendinblue. In one of Nass El Ghiwane's most popular songs, Es-Siniya ( الصينية), the tea tray is used as a metaphor to discuss the hardships of migrating from the countryside to a big city such as Casablanca.It is poured into glasses from high above to swirl loose tea leaves to the bottom of the glass, whilst gently aerating the tea to improve its flavor.

This type of tea was introduced to the court of the Warrior Sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif by Europeans in the early 18th century. 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.If we receive your notice of cancellation as set out above within such 7 day period, then we will let you have a full refund.

According to a Moroccan saying the first glass of Moroccan mint tea is as soft as life, the second as strong as love, and the last as bitter as death. Mint tea (in Arabic,شاي بالنعناع, shāy bil n’anā’, or more commonly, in dialect, التاي, it-tay) is traditionally drunk socially in the Maghreb.

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. This blend includes a stronger 'gunpowder' green tea which you'll see as dark, almost black rolled leaves. Refreshing and sweet, mint teas are popular across northern Africa, where you might find them referred to as nana tea or Algerian tea, depending on where you are. Clean: Add gunpowder green tea leaves to your teapot, then add enough boiling water to cover the leaves. and leaving the sweet traditional version when your diet allows you to, or when you are having guests over.