A Celebration Of Tea
Middle Eastern Tea
Ingredients - for 5 cups:
- 5 teaspoons of black tea (or 5 tea bags)
- 1 spoon of diced raisins
- 1 spoon of roasted almonds
(without the thin peel) and finely chopped
- 4 spoons of Arak or brandy
- honey according to taste
Preparation:
- Put the tea leaves in a teapot.
- Add 2 cups of boiling water and steep the tea for 5 minutes.
- Put the raisins, the almonds, the honey and the Arak or brandy in a pot.
- Pour the remainder of the boiling water into the pot and cook on a very low fire
just in order to keep it hot.
- Pour brewed tea into the pot and heat for an extra minute or two.
- Pour into glasses. For variety it can be decorated with small pieces of pineapple.
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