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 https://www.cupandleaf.com/blog/how-to-make-mint-tea Tea is exquisitely ingrained into culture and societies across the globe are often associated with their favorite or most famous types of tea. The Brits have their Earl Grey , the Japanese have matcha and the Moroccans have mint tea. Served at all times of the day, it's always tea time when it comes to drinking this sweet, refreshing beverage. Enjoyed by locals and tourists alike, Moroccan tea has come to represent a joyful aspect of the North African culture. With presentation consisting of a gorgeous tea service including carved silver kettles and painted, cylindrical tea glasses, it’s no wonder that Moroccan tea is so popular as a social activity. With simple ingredients consisting of fresh mint leaves (not tea bags), sugar and water it should be a fairly easy tea to brew up right at home. Yet somehow this tea just never tastes quite as good as it does on Moroccan soil — until now. Read on to find out how t...

www.leafjoy.com/2011/01/ever-wondered-how-jasmine-pearls-are-made/ Jasmine tea is one of my favorites. The tea is infused with the scent of jasmine flowers. It’s fascinating to understand how this beautiful tea is made. Each pearl is comprised of two delicate leaves and an unopened bud. The tea leaves are harvested in the spring season. The buds are then withered in direct sun or over low heat to make them more supple and easier to roll. The top bud and stem are rolled by hand, by twisting the top bud gently between the index finger and thumb to create the ‘pearl’. One pound of tea consists of 2000 pearls. It takes a worker a full day to roll one pound of dragon pearls. Afterward, the prepared tea is stored until it can be infused with its signature jasmine scent. Night-blooming jasmine flowers are harvested at the peak of the summer season and stored until nightfall when they are cured with the finished teas. As the jasmine flowers dry out, they infuse the t...