~206 cal · 0g protein · 53g carbs · 0g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Pear-shaped glass of dark tea with jam
🇦🇿 Baku
In Azerbaijan, tea is a ceremony of welcome that never ends. Black tea, often scented with thyme or cardamom, is poured into a waisted armudu ("pear") glass and drunk "à la Azeri" — a spoon of fruit jam or a sugar cube held in the mouth as the tea passes through. Refusing a glass is nearly unthinkable.
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Ingredients
Serves 4 —
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3 tbsp loose black tea
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5 cups water
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1 tsp dried thyme or cardamom (optional)
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a bowl fruit jam and sugar cubes, to serve
Instructions
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Boil most of the water in a lower kettle and steep a strong concentrate of the tea in a small pot on top.
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Add the thyme or cardamom to the pot if using and let it steep 10 minutes.
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Pour a little concentrate into each armudu glass and top up with boiling water to the strength you like.
4
Serve with fruit jam and sugar cubes on the side, never milk.
Azerbaijani hospitality tradition.
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Baku. Caspian capital of saffron rice and thumbnail dumplings.
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Azerbaijan. A Caspian land of saffron rice and tiny dumplings.
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Asia. From street-cart woks to slow monastery kitchens.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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