🇱🇾 Libya cuisine · #16

Libyan Tea with Peanuts

Libyan Tea with Peanuts
Time20 min
Serves6
Ingredients5

Strong black tea boiled and poured from a height to build a thick foam ("kashkoosha"), served with roasted peanuts — the symbol of Libyan hospitality.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Simmer the tea in the water in a small pot for 10 minutes until very dark.
  2. Add the sugar.
  3. Pour back and forth between the pot and a glass from a height until a thick foam forms.
  4. Spoon foam into small glasses, top up with tea and add peanuts.