Mint Tea

I drank mint tea often when I lived in Paris in the 20th arrondissement. It was there that Edith Piaf sang while straddling the cobblestones of Belleville at the beginning of her career. Cafés have generous space outside for tables and chairs on the wide boulevard of Menilmouche. Fresh mint tea is served in cheap ornate glasses called keesan, and silvery metal teapots called bred, then sprinkled with pine nuts. In Moroccan tea culture, mint tea is made with green or gunpowder