In Lincoln Park, there's a funky little restaurant called Icosium Kafe. Hidden in a long list of drink choices, you can find "Armenian Mint Tea with Honey" listed. If you should ever go to this restaurant, get this drink. They serve it to you in a pretty metal pot with miniature glass mugs, rimmed in gold. The glasses have mint leaves in them, which you can douse with a bit of honey before adding the tea and stirring with the tiny spoon they've provided.
It is ridiculously delicious. After trying this unassuming little beverage for the first time, I had to peek under the lid of the tea pot. Inside, there was healthy handful of mint leaves, two mint tea bags, and even some cloves. This simple but beautiful drink was too essentially decadent not to recreate.
Do it! But consider not using tea bags that have been in your family since the 1980s.
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