Tea and Pine Nuts
After our sumptuous Sunday lunch at Chez Jaafar, none of us was hungry for dessert so our host suggested that we order instead a pot of tea.First came the dainty glass decorated with gold and filled with fresh mint leaves. Then, the strong, very sweet tea was poured with a high flourish from a narrow waisted silver pot with a curvy spout. M. Jaafar explained that it was important to aerate the tea by pouring it from a height, but none of us could achieve his expertise without thoroughly wetting the table cloth. After the tea steeped with the mint for a few minutes, we added toasted pine nuts and enjoyed the interesting flavors of tea, nuts and mint all mingled together, a fitting end to a fine Sunday lunch.
posted by Zoomie at
5:46 AM
3 Comments:
I think there is barely anything as lovely as tea, carefully prepared and served.
The glass looks like the ones that my friend's Turkish mother uses in her home. I love her tea. I would have never thought of the pine nuts though.
Moonbear, you'd have loved Mariage Freres - more than 800 kinds of tea (the menu was like a phone book!) and carefully prepared and served. It was on the same street as our Paris apartment - heaven! I just Googled them and found that you can get their teas at Market Hall Foods in Rockridge. They may be a little expensive but wonderfully worth it!
Dagny, the pine nuts were a surprise to me, as well, but I really enjoyed them! A little light crunch at the end of each sip!
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