Moroccan Mint Tea with Gunpowder Green Tea
Inspired by techniques from NYT Cooking and America's Test Kitchen.
Gunpowder green tea is rinsed with boiling water, then steeped for 5 minutes with fresh mint and sugar and poured from a height so it froths.
Based on the listed ingredients, none of the 14 major EU allergens. Always check product labels.
Method
- 1
Rinse the tea. Put the tea in the small bowl, pour over 60 ml of the boiling water, swirl for a few seconds and pour the water off through the sieve, keeping the leaves. This takes the edge off any bitterness.
- 2
Brew. Put the rinsed tea, mint and sugar in the teapot, pour in the remaining 1 litre boiling water and stir until the sugar dissolves. Cover and steep for 5 minutes, no longer.
- 3
Pour high. Strain into the glasses, lifting the pot high as you pour so the tea froths, then lower it before moving to the next glass.
- 4
Serve. Add a fresh mint sprig to each glass and serve straight away, holding the glass by its rim as it is very hot.
Storage
Best drunk fresh. Leftover tea can be chilled for up to 1 day and served over ice. Cool leftovers in a shallow container and refrigerate within 2 hours (within 1 hour on a day above 32°C).
EU nutrition claims
- Low fat: 0 g fat per 100 ml (limit ≤ 1.5 g)
- Low saturated fat: 0 g saturated fat per 100 ml, 0% of energy (limits ≤ 0.75 g and ≤ 10%)
- Low salt: 0.01 g salt per 100 ml (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 ml of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 78 ml a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Caffeine · Free sugars
- Per serving: about 21 mg caffeine (serving: 1 glass (about 177 ml)). Source: about 177 ml brewed per serving × USDA FDC SR Legacy #171917 (brewed green tea, 12 mg/100 g).
- Scaling: making more servings does not change the caffeine in each serving; what counts is how many servings you drink in a day. 1 serving: 21 mg · 2 servings: 42 mg · 3 servings: 63 mg · 4 servings: 84 mg.
- General guideline: EFSA Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine (2015): for healthy adults, up to 200 mg in a single dose and up to 400 mg per day do not raise safety concerns. 1 serving = 5 % of 400 mg. EFSA
8.3 g per serving
16.6 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 33.2 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- kettle
- small heatproof bowl
- fine sieve
- teapot or heatproof jug (at least 1.5 litres)
- small heatproof glasses
Nutrition per serving (estimated values)
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 36 kcal |
| Protein | 0.5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 8.8 g |
| of which sugars | 8.3 g |
| of which free sugars | 8.3 g |
| Fat | 0 g |
| of which saturates | 0 g |
| Fibre | 0.3 g |
| Salt | 0.01 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
1.4 g High Protein needs ≥ 5 g (20% of energy)
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
