Name: Ratafias Et Liqueurs
Ingredients: 3 liters of alcohol (good quality); 1.5 grams of black tea; 2 liters of water

Ratafias Et Liqueurs

Ingredients

3 liters of alcohol (good quality)
1.5 grams of black tea
2 liters of water

Directions

Infuse 1.5 grams of black tea in 2 liters of water.
Combine the infusion with 3 liters of good quality alcohol.
Adjust the strength by adding more alcohol or water as desired.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Black tea: Provides the tea flavour and aroma that define the liqueur.
Alcohol: Extracts and carries the tea flavour and sets the final strength of the liqueur.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.