Bedouin Tea - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 teaspoons dried thyme (Bedouins use the desert herbs habuck and marmaraya) or 4 teaspoons sage (Bedouins use the desert herbs habuck and marmaraya)
2 cardamom pods
1 cinnamon stick
4 teaspoons loose black tea
fresh drinking water
honey, if desired

Preparation

Heat 4 1/2 cups water with the thyme, cardamon pods, cinnamon stick and black tea.
Simmer for five minutes.
Turn off heat and steep for five minutes.
Strain tea and serve with honey, if desired.