Tea Ceremony · Fes
Fes Tea Ceremony - Mint Tea & Sweets in the Imperial City
In a Fes el Bali riad, learn the ceremony of Moroccan mint tea in the country's most refined city: brewing atay with gunpowder green tea and fresh mint, the pour from height, and the Fassi sweets that always accompany it.
Fes, the spiritual and culinary capital of Morocco, treats mint tea with particular ceremony, and there is no finer place to learn the ritual than a riad in the medieval medina of Fes el Bali. Tea here is the heart of hospitality - offered to every guest, poured with care, and served alongside the city's celebrated sweets - and this experience teaches both the making and the manners.
You learn each step of brewing atay: rinsing the gunpowder green tea, packing in fresh spearmint, sweetening to taste, and the theatrical pour from height that aerates the tea and builds the prized foam on each glass. The host explains the etiquette that surrounds it in a traditional Fassi household - the offering and accepting, the three glasses, why tea marks welcome, negotiation and celebration alike.
Because this is Fes, the tea comes with the city's refined pastries - gazelle horns, ghriba, almond briouat - and the host explains how the sweet and the ritual belong together, and how tea blends shift with season and region. It is a calm, cultural hour in the heart of the world's greatest medieval medina, a gentle counterpoint to the labyrinth outside, and you leave able to brew and pour a proper Moroccan tea, and to understand the hospitality it carries.
What's included
- Tea ceremony in a Fes el Bali riad
- Brewing gunpowder green tea with fresh mint
- The traditional pour-from-height technique
- Refined Fassi pastries to accompany the tea
- The etiquette and meaning of the tea ritual
Frequently asked questions
What makes Moroccan tea a ceremony?
The care and ritual - brewing gunpowder green tea with fresh mint, sweetening, and pouring from height to build the foam - and the etiquette of offering and accepting it as hospitality, especially refined in Fes.
What sweets are served?
Fassi pastries such as gazelle horns, ghriba shortbreads and almond briouat, which the host explains belong together with the tea in Fes's hospitality.
Is the tea very sweet?
Traditionally yes, but sugar is added to taste and we can brew it lighter, and you can try mint blended with herbs such as wild sage or verbena.
How do I book this experience?
Message us on WhatsApp at wa.me/212701664704 or call +212 701 664 704 with your preferred date and group size. We confirm the meeting point and any dietary needs before you arrive.