Sweet green tea poured in three rounds from a height, each stronger or sweeter, to show hospitality.
History
Tea reached the Sahara through trade, and the three-glass ceremony is told as 'the first is bitter like life, the second sweet like love, the third gentle like death'.
Ingredients
- Gunpowder green tea
- Fresh mint
- Sugar
- Water
How it's made
- Rinse tea leaves with hot water
- Boil with sugar
- Add mint
- Pour from a height into small glasses
- Serve three rounds
Photos: ingredients, making & serving
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