A Genuine Cup of Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Rub the tea into a fine powder and place it in a shallow dish.
Add just enough cold water to saturate the tea and let it sit for 20 minutes.
Steep and serve
Pour ¾ pint of hot water (off the boil) over the tea.
Cover the dish and let it steep for a few minutes before serving.
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
- Loose tea
- Supplies the flavour and aroma, which dissolve into the water as the tea steeps.
The step that matters
Using water off the boil. Water just below boiling extracts flavour cleanly. Boiling water pulls out more bitter, astringent compounds from tea leaves, so the cup can taste harsh.
“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.
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