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Saffron tea
Wonderfully decadent! If you have any glasses or cups with gold rims - or even gold cups - use these and imagine you're in a mythical Persian or Moghul paradise.
Recipe for 4
Ingredients
- 4 - 5 tsp organic muscovado sugar, or other brown sugar
- ¾tsp loose-packed organic saffron threads
- 4 organic cardamom pods, lightly crushed
- 900ml freshly drawn water
What to do?
- Place organic saffron onto piece of foil. Fold foil over organic saffron, then crush threads with rolling pin. Put water, organic cardamom and sugar in a lidded pan and bring to a boil. As soon as bubbles appear, add the crushed organic saffron, cover and turn off the heat.
- Let the tea steep for 1 hour. Heat again, strain and serve in tea glasses or tea cups.
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