Mint and wormwood (chiba) tea

Ingredients (for a teapot of about 750 ml)

• 1 tablespoon gunpowder green tea
• 1 good bunch of fresh mint
• 1 to 2 sprigs of wormwood (chiba), especially in winter
• Sugar to taste
• Simmering water

Method

1. Put the tea in the teapot, pour in a small glass of simmering water, swirl, then throw this first water away: it "washes" the tea and removes its bitterness.
2. Fill the teapot with simmering water and leave to brew for 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Add the mint (stems included) and the wormwood, then the sugar.
4. Serve by pouring from high up to make it froth, pour the first glass back into the teapot, then serve again.

Wormwood is powerful: one or two sprigs are enough to flavour the whole teapot.