Life & Style | Let Me Make You A Cup Of Tea

I love tea. I love making tea.

If you stop by my house, tea is the very first thing that I am going to serve you. 

I won't use tea bags to make you tea, I am going to make you tea the old fashioned way.

I am originally from Iran and we drink tea all day long and for every occasion.

In my family, we only drink black tea and we call it Chai. A good Persian tea has a beautiful cherry color. 

I usually serve tea in tiny glasses. So whenever I have a party, I end up going back to my kitchen several times to bring more tea in more tiny glasses.

To make a wonderful Persian tea, you need some water, a kettle, a teapot, some loose black tea leaves and a few cardamom pods.

Here are the steps to make Persian tea:

• Boil water in a kettle.
• While waiting for water to boil, add a few teaspoons of black tea leaves and a couple of cardamom pods in a small teapot.
• Fill half of the teapot with boiling water.
• Place the teapot on top of the kettle and wait about 5 minutes.
• This allows the true flavor & color of the tea to emerge.
• Fill a third of a tiny glass cup with this tea and fill the rest of the cup with hot water.
• Your tea should be ruby colored.
• Place a tiny sugar cube on your tongue and drink your tea over it.
• Voila, that is how you make Persian style tea.

If you love tea and tea parties as much as I do, visit your Library to check out
books like these for your next party.

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Alice's Tea Cup  

signing off until next Monday-Panteha