Tuesday 17 January 2017

How to make mint tea leaves like those in the tea bags

Love the mint tea that you brew from the teabags you bought from supermarket? I have some here:


And guess what, I made them!

I have quite a lot of mint tea leaves, and wasn't intending to consume all the leaves that day,

mint leaves

With all these leaves that I have, why not dry them, and make them like those we see in tea bags?

The procedure to make dried tea leaves from these is very easy. First wash those leaves, tear them into small pieces and place them on a baking tray.

shredded mint leaves

Next, bake the leaves in the oven at about 180 degree celcius for 25 minutes. Out come the dried tea leaves. Notice how much they shrink after they are dried. I tasted one piece of the tea leaves. Really crunchy, like that of the Korean seasoned seeweeds. And the minty fragrance of the leaves makes it quite a delicious snack. But no, for this time round, it's meant to be tea for future use.

dried mint leaves from baking

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