How To Make Persian Tea At Home

Method8 steps · about 15 min

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   Step 1: Bring 2 cups of water to boil.

   Uses 2 cups water

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   Step 2: Place the loose-leaf black tea (2 tbsp) in a teapot. Leave plain or add only ONE optional flavor: 2 broken cardamom pods, 4 saffron threads, 4 culinary dried rosebuds, or a 2-inch piece of cinnamon stick (2 inches).

   Uses 2 tbsp loose leaf black tea · 2 cardamom pods, broken, only if this flavor is chosen · 4 saffron threads, only if this flavor is chosen · 4 edible culinary dried rosebuds, only if this flavor is chosen · 2 inches cinnamon stick, only if this flavor is chosen

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   Step 3: Pour hot water over the tea. Put the lid on.

   Uses The original 2 cups freshly boiled water · Loose-leaf tea with one chosen optional flavor or plain

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   Step 4: Let the tea brew in the teapot for about 5-10 minutes.

   Steep Persian tea concentrate · 10 minUses Covered tea leaves steeping in hot water

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   Step 5: Bring additional separate water to a boil for dilution; this is extra water, not the original 2 cups already brewing with the tea.

   Uses Additional water to boil for diluting the brewed concentrate; quantity unspecified

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   Step 6: Choose the strength before filling each glass: brewed concentrate to ⅓ of the glass for the usual strength, ½ for darker tea, or ¼ for lighter tea. These are proportions of each glass, not of the whole teapot.

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   Step 7: Pour the prepared concentrate into each glass to the chosen fill level, straining out tea leaves if needed. Slowly fill the remaining space with the separately boiled hot dilution water.

   Uses Brewed Persian tea concentrate, divided among glasses · Freshly boiled additional dilution water

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   Step 8: Serve the brewed tea plain or with optional ready sugar cubes, raisins or dates on the side.

   Uses Diluted brewed Persian tea in serving glasses · Ready sugar cubes to accompany tea, if desired · Ready raisins to accompany tea, if desired · Ready dates to accompany tea, if desired