Black Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Put the tea in a vessel that holds 1 pint.
Pour the boiling water over the tea.
Cover closely and set by the fire to steep.
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 main flavour and tannins that give the infusion its body and bitterness.
The step that matters
Cover closely while steeping. Covering keeps heat and aromatic compounds in the liquid, so the tea extracts evenly and the aroma is not lost as steam.
“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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