Comments on: Moroccan Mint Tisane

By: badia design

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By: Vel J.

Vel J. — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:19:09 +0000

Sounds yummi:) I will have to try it during our next book club meet.

By: Veri-Tea

Veri-Tea — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:56:45 +0000

That is an awesome looking teapot… just gorgeous!

By: Lisa B

Lisa B — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:52:23 +0000

Awesome!! I’ve grown mint in Ohio, it literally took over and I could not control it! I may have to try again now that I am in Missouri.

By: Alex Zorach

Alex Zorach — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:05:56 +0000

What variety of mint are you using here? It looks like peppermint. I’ve read that Moroccan mint tea is usually brewed with spearmint + gunpowder green tea. However, in other parts of the Arab world black tea + mint is also common. I’ve visited a few Arab-run coffee shops in the U.S. that served outstanding blends of dried spearmint with black tea…often they are brewed very strongly so that you continue to taste the mint all day long!

I grow many varieties of mint, including peppermint, spearmint, apple mint, orange mint, and many other species in the mint family that I use for tea, such as lemon balm and several of the Monarda sp. (bee-balm/wild bergamot/oswego tea). I love mixing all of these plants with tea! I wonder if orange mint is closest to the traditional mint used in Morocco…it’s native to the Mediterranean, whereas many of the other mints are native to wetter climates.

By: Jason Witt

Jason Witt — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:22:56 +0000

You have a quite beautiful teapot. Is that Sterling Silver? I have one myself and just love what it does to the flavor of the tea. I use it whenever possible as it represents spiritual purity for me.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:55:40 +0000

Julia,
Thanks for the information! From the documentary, I wasn’t sure if they used tea or not, so I did not. It still tastes nice, but I’m sure a bit of gunpowder green tea would even out the flavors a bit. How was Morocco? Any recommendations?

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:53:02 +0000

Though it may taste good, this is not the real way to make Moroccan tea. After living in Morocco over the summer and learning from natives there, Moroccan mint tea is absolutely brewed with green tea leaves. Where else would the caffeine come from? Put the tea leaves in first, then the mint. Brew the tea over a stove and then add sugar (lots of it) to taste, pouring tea into a little glass and returning it to the pot multiple times to mix the sugar around.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:34:42 +0000

Ah! So that’s how it is made! I’d always been told it used a gunpowder green as a base before adding mint leaves, but gunpowder always seemed too base a flavor to match the taste of good mint teas I’ve had at Moroccan restaurants in Seattle. The secret is no tea at all!