Mint tea

🍃 Black tea with fresh mint and measured sugar, no milk or cinnamon.

Ingredients

• 6 g loose black tea
• 10 g washed fresh food-grade mint leaves without large stems
• 600 ml drinking water
• 20 g sugar

Preparation

Prepare heat-safe infusion vessel, fine food strainer and 4 small heat-safe glasses. Wash mint and weigh 10 g usable leaves.

Heat 600 ml water and 20 g sugar to boil about 5 minutes by equipment, stirring to dissolve.

Off heat pour sweetened water over measured tea and mint in heat-safe vessel.

Infuse about 3 minutes without strong boiling. Adjust a future batch to chosen tea rather than steeping until bitter.

Carefully strain into clean heat-safe serving vessel, removing leaves without hard pressing. Liquid remains very hot.

Divide 4 small glasses about 140–150 ml by losses, serve hot without milk or extra sugar. Cinnamon is omitted in this mint-only adaptation.