Zhejiang gunpowder green, fresh spearmint and sugar, poured high from a silver teapot. Hospitality in a glass.
Recipe
- Temperature 98 °C · 208 °F
- Leaf 5 g
- Water 350 ml
- First steep 5:00
- Each next steep +1:00
- Steeps 3
Lore
Gunpowder green reached Morocco in the mid-nineteenth century and met the Maghreb's native mint. The marriage became a national ritual. Poured from height into small glasses, three rounds by custom, each sweeter than the last.