Then I thought of loose tea and decided to try them hoping the flavorful oils were still there. When I noticed the mint again it had dried completely.Īt first I was worried I had ruined them. However, I got busy and forgot it sitting in the sunlight for a couple of days. One day, I washed the mint and left it on the counter to dry before storing it in the fridge. I’d never seen any tea made with fresh leaves before, and I admit I was surprised, but after the first sip I was hooked!Īs the weather cooled I started buying fresh mint from the grocery store and making the tea regularly. My first time tasting good mint tea was when I spend a Rosh Hashanah lunch with an Israeli couple.Īfter the meal fresh mint leaves were set on the table alongside a pot of hot water and demerara sugar. As such, the Moral Fibres workspace is powered by renewable energy, and Moral Fibres also funds renewable energy and tree-planting projects every month.I started making mint leaves for tea shortly after moving to Israel. We want to keep our impact on the planet as low as possible. If you purchase an item using a link from this site, I may earn a small commission. This helps to keep the site running.įor more information on affiliate links and advertising please see my disclosure policy. If you want to support the site's running costs you can buy me a virtual coffee. Say hello at sign up for the monthly newsletter. Want to know more? Check out the about page for more information or explore the archives using the category tabs above. I'm a sustainability expert, and my aim is to make sustainability simple, by researching and writing on all things environmental - from product guides to breaking down big ideas - so you don't have to. I'm Wendy and welcome to Moral Fibres, a UK-based eco-blog.
DRIED MINT TEA HOW TO
If you’re in a similar predicament here’s how to dry mint leaves for tea in the oven.
Some people hang their herbs up to dry. However, with a lack of space and a lack of a warm dry space, I prefer to dry mine in the oven. Right now our mint plant is growing so vigorously that we have an overabundance of fresh mint. There’s more than I can possibly drink. Therefore, I have been drying mint leaves in the oven to store for the winter. Here I’ve resorted to tea bags, but after the whole plastic in tea bags thing I’ve been thinking about how to de-plastic my tea. Which is all well and good in the summer, but in Scotland in winter, it doesn’t really work.
Since then we’ve grown various types of mint in our garden for the purpose of having some fresh mint to hand to make tea with. We ended up in that cafe many times during our time in Marrakesh, drinking their fresh mint tea. And do you know what? That tea, on a roaring hot day in what felt like the busiest place in the world, really hit the spot. We ordered some mint tea, and what arrived were some pretty little glasses stuffed with fresh mint leaves and some freshly boiled water on the side.
Boiled water seemed like a safe bet. And besides, the heat had been so intense that we had reached the point where it was so hot that we figured we may as well try the hot drink on a hot day trick. We felt we simply couldn’t get any hotter. Or anything with ice in it. And the freshly squeezed orange juice served ubiquitously all over the Square, for fear of stomach upset. Our options were dwindling. All the guidebooks warned us against drinking tap water.
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