Tea with pine nuts, or in French Thé aux pignons is a traditional Tunisian culinary specialty. This type of maghrebi mint tea (or geranium tea sometimes in winter) is typically served during occasions such as weddings, family meetings or meetings between friends. The pine nuts that accompany it and make it special can be replaced by almonds or roasted peanuts.
Service
A few teaspoons of pine nuts are placed in each glass before pouring the hot tea. The pine nuts float if the tea is very sweet, otherwise they remain at the bottom of the glass.
It is also possible to serve the tea without pine nuts and let the guests put the desired amount of pine nuts in their glasses.
Tea with pine nuts can be drunk late morning, afternoon or evening.