How to Make a Real Turkish Tea

    While making Turkish tea seems to be the domain of the tea house patrons and young Turkish brides it is not so hard to master for anybody Prep Time: 5 Min Cook Time: 20 Min Total Time: 25 Min Serves: 6 Ingredients 1/3 cup black tea leaves 1 L water for tea brew 1 L water for serving sugar to taste 

Directions 

Fill the bottom kettle with 2 L hot/boiling water and bring to boil at the high heat on your stove top. Meanwhile, put the tea leaves into a fine sieve and rinse them with cold water to remove the tea dust. Drain well. Transfer the washed and drained tea leaves into the upper kettle and stack the upper kettle on top of the bottom one. Once the water in the bottom kettle is boiled, pour half into the upper kettle to brew the tea. Reduce the heat to medium and let the tea in the upper kettle get brewed for 15-20 min over the steam coming from the bottle kettle. Pour out some tea brew (with a Turkish tea glass the rule of thumb will be to pour out the brew to the waist, the narrowest point of the glass) and then dilute it with water. Voila! Enjoy your tea in our unique tea cups! 

P.S. Reduce the heat to low to keep your tea warm as you'll be serving a few rounds. Once the tea drinking is over turn off the heat.