Bran Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Boil a kettle of water.
Place 3 tablespoons of bran in a large jug, then pour 1 quart of boiling water into the jug.
Steep and serve
Cover the jug and let it steep for 15 minutes.
Strain the tea through muslin.
Sweeten with sugar or honey to taste.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Bran
- Provides the main flavour and body of the tea as its compounds release into the hot water.
- Boiling water
- Acts as the solvent that extracts flavour from the bran during steeping.
- Sugar or honey
- Adds sweetness to taste.
The step that matters
Cover the jug while steeping. Covering keeps the water hot and steady, so flavour is extracted evenly over the full 15 minutes. Straining afterward removes the bran so the tea is clear to drink.
“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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