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Dragonfly Moroccan Mint is an authentic and refreshing blend. Tea is the most popular drink of Morocco. It is said that every child in Morocco is born with the secret of the art of making tea. There are no rules and no set proportions. No two glasses ever taste the same and every cup holds a delicious surprise. Tea is offered everywhere in Morocco, at home or at work, as a gesture of hospitality and welcome.
And no deal is sealed without a glass of tea.
Tea vendors are found wherever you go in Morocco and add to the occasion when serving by raising the pot higher and higher above the glass into which they are pouring the tea. Some say this “aerates” the water to improve the taste. We think it’s just good theatre.
We follow a traditional Moroccan recipe, blending fine, brisk gunpowder green tea with the natural sweet softness of genuine aromatic spearmint.
Gunpowder tea is named for its appearance: dark green leaves rolled by hand into tiny pellets resembling the dark, irregular shaped pellets of 18th Century gunpowder. Each individual leaf unfurls when the tea is brewed.
Just like all green teas, Moroccan Mint Green is a natural source of antioxidants and is rich in minerals while spearmint was prized as a digestive by the Romans and is a common ingredient in several Herbals.
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Our organic Moroccan Mint Green Tea is at its best when lightly brewed with freshly boiled (but not boiling) water. Infuse for 1 to 2 minutes and sweeten to taste. (The Moroccans add copious amounts of sugar).
The result is a pleasing combination of the slight astringency of the gunpowder, the freshness of the spearmint and the sweetness of the sugar.
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At Dragonfly Teas we consider that the way crops are grown is intrinsic to the well-being of everyone.
Working with nature to achieve the best quality with little or no chemicals involved is in our view, the way things should be.
The demands of the modern world for more; faster; better has resulted in short term exploitation of the land and the people who work it, with no thought for the future.
So we prefer to do things differently.
We believe that it is important to respect the relationship to the land of those who patiently grow our food (often under great hardship).
We are aware of the difference that the ancient country artisan traditions of food–making can make. Traditions that are thankfully still used today to create high quality teas and other foods, such as fine wines and local cheeses.
There are reputedly up to 8,000 different hand-made teas in China. They are part of a 1,500-year-old tradition. These are disappearing rapidly through mechanical and chemical intervention. The world has plenty of poor quality teas with very few of high quality on offer. This is because of lack of consumer awareness of the rich heritage of taste experiences produced by the smaller artisan tea-makers.
Dragonfly Teas is pledged to bring these teas to the discerning palate and in so doing, help to keep alive the traditions and skills that have created them.
We believe strongly in the ideals of the Slow Food movement, which is growing fast throughout Europe. We think it is important that every country has a dynamic small-scale agricultural food production sector. It ensures that rural people are rewarded for their efforts and helps to stop the depopulation of the countryside.
We also support non-political Fair Trade that campaigns to ensure we pay fairly and as directly as possible to the farmers with as few intermediaries as possible. This means that more of the profits end up directly in the hands of the communities that grow the crops.
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