How to make an authentic Moorish tea

Today Julio teaches us how to make an authentic Moorish tea , a very comforting sweet tea. Apart from being comforting because it is served hot, it is a very healthy drink (especially if we control the sweetness, as is the case in our recipe).

Moroccan tea is a natural antioxidant that helps us take care of our skin and keep it hydrated, and it is also a diuretic drink, with all the benefits that this entails. I encourage you to enjoy a delicious Moroccan tea first thing in the morning. You will see how good it feels for your body! (And if you give yourself the bonus of having another one after eating, the benefits are multiplied).

To prepare this tea, we use the new WMF Vario electric kettle , which I find very elegant and especially practical, since it has total temperature control, perfect for heating water and preparing infusions to taste.

Ingredients (for 3 cups of tea)

• 400 ml of water (or about 180 ml per cup we want to serve)
• Green tea
• Fresh mint
• White sugar

Preparation

1. We remove the inner basket from the WMF kettle , and fill the kettle with about 400 ml of water.
2. We close the kettle and select the 80ºC option. We will see that it starts up and the blue light appears.
3. Meanwhile, we pour 3 spoons of green tea into the filter (or 1 spoon per cup we want to serve).
4. Once it reaches 80ºC, the machine will beep. At this point, place the filter inside and let it infuse for 2 minutes, leaving the keep warm function on.
5. We put 1 tablespoon of sugar in each cup that we are going to serve.
6. After 2 minutes, remove the filter with the green tea and add the mint to the kettle (that is, add a good bunch of mint to the water infused with the green tea). Leave to steep for about 2 minutes.
7. After this time, pour the tea into the cups, leaving a few centimetres of space between the cups so that it can be oxygenated. Ready to drink!

Grades:

The WMF Vario kettle is ideal for preparing this type of infusion because, on the one hand, it has an inner basket in which to put the herbs and fruit peels that we want to infuse, but it also has a second filter at the outlet of the pourer, which ensures that we can comfortably serve the drink without traces of herbs or similar.