🇪🇬 Egypt
Shai Koshary
Egypt runs on shai koshary — leaves dropped straight in the glass, sugar stirred loud, mint optional but the sitting is not.
🔪 Prep: 1 min🔥 Cook: 5 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
2 people
✨ What makes it special
Brewed in the glass itself: boiling water over the leaves, heavy sugar, drunk strong enough to stand a spoon.
Ingredients
- 2 tsploose black tea
- 3 tspsugar
- 2 cupsboiling water
- 2 sprigsfresh mint (optional)
Method
- 1
Spoon the tea straight into each glass.
- 2
Pour boiling water over and let the leaves sink on their own.
- 3
Stir in the sugar loudly, add mint if you like, and take your time.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 2