Moroccan Mint Tea Recipe

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Moroccan Mint Tea
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Ingredients
4
Count
Nutrition
57
Calories
Total time
7
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. The first trick to making Moroccan tea properly is to heat up your teapot and wash your tea first. Moroccans say that this washing process takes the bitterness out of the tea. To do this, you add about 6 oz. of boiling water to about 2 teaspoons gunpowder green tea, and then you swish it all around in the teapot.
  2. The second part of washing the tea involves adding about 10 mint leaves (spearmint or silver mint is the closest we have to their mint) 1/2 cup sugar (or to your taste). You then swish the liquid in the teapot around again and pour out all the water through a strainer while leaving as much of the tea, mint, and sugar in the pot as possible.
  3. After washing and straining the tea, you completely fill your teapot by pouring boiling water over the tea and mint leaves. Let it steep for several minutes.
  4. Moroccan tea is always served hot in skinny glasses (kind of like tall shot glasses) with about 3 mint leaves in the bottom. You pour the tea into the glass from as high as you can manage without spilling it in order to aerate the tea with oxygen. The glass container is as much of the secret to the taste as the washing of the tea and the way you should pour the tea into your glass.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 56.78 Kcal (238 kJ)
Calories from fat 21.01 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.33g 4%
Sodium 2.33mg 0%
Potassium 72.56mg 2%
Total Carbs 6.45g 2%
Sugars 4.49g 18%
Dietary Fiber 1.45g 6%
Protein 5.56g 11%
Vitamin C 2.8mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 7%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 14.7mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 49 Kcal (205 kJ)
Calories from fat 18.13 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.01g 4%
Sodium 2.01mg 0%
Potassium 62.61mg 2%
Total Carbs 5.57g 2%
Sugars 3.87g 18%
Dietary Fiber 1.25g 6%
Protein 4.8g 11%
Vitamin C 2.4mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 7%
Iron 0.1mg 1%
Calcium 12.7mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 1
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free

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