Tea drinking traditions around the world
Nestled between the warm blue sea and the hot, dry desert, Morocco is a country that evokes many different associations. Suffice it to mention tajine, argan oil, spice-scented bazaars, colorful Marrakech or Casablanca, immortal thanks to the cinema classics starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. For us, however, the North African kingdom is first and foremost the home of Moroccan-style tea - an aromatic, minty drink with a huge amount of sugar.
The sweet face of tea
In Morocco, tea is held in extremely high regard and is treated almost like a national treasure. It is drunk everywhere and in huge quantities, and is usually served accompanied by various sweets: pancakes, pancakes and honey cakes. So if you're not a sugar lover and prefer bitter or dry drinks, you should definitely steer clear of Moroccan-style tea. But let's cut to the chase and take a look at the process of preparing the sweet, minty brew called Touarega. This is because you need to know that in Morocco it has the hallmarks of an important ritual and is done with great concentration, respecting a few key principles.
First you need to prepare all the ingredients: green Gunpowder tea, sprigs of fresh mint and sugar. Next, a spoonful of dried tea is poured into a special silver teapot with a long spout and large amounts of mint are put in, and then the whole thing is poured with boiling water. This step will certainly seem sacrilegious to many of you, because, after all, green tea and boiling water are not a matched pair, but this is the tradition of brewing Touareg. It must therefore be respected. When about 10 minutes have passed, huge amounts of sugar are added to the brew (as much as 3-4 tablespoons for a small pot) and heated for a while longer. The finished drink is poured into tiny, decorated glasses and drunk slowly, while having long discussions on various topics.
You should know that in Morocco even the pouring of the tea itself is done in an interesting way, as it is done from a great height. As a result, the drink has a distinctive foam on top, the so-called turban.
A glass or even three....
If you are going to Morocco in the near future, you can be absolutely sure that you will encounter traditional tea at every turn. Serving it is an expression of hospitality and a sign of friendly intentions, so the drink is offered to tourists almost everywhere. You should know that refusing to drink a Touareg may be taken as a lack of good manners and may cause great grief to your hosts. Therefore, when someone invites you for hospitality, drink a glass of this sweet and aromatic drink with a smile, and then... obligatorily two more ?. After all, a Moroccan proverb about drinking tea says that "the first (implied: portion) has the power of love, the second - the bitterness of life, the third - the sweetness of death."
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