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Sage Tea

A simple herbal tea made by steeping dried sage in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Sage Tea

Sage Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the dried sage in a teapot.

  2. Pour boiling water over the sage.

  3. Let it steep for 5-10 minutes.

  4. Strain the tea into a cup.

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Dried sage
Provides the main herbal flavor and aroma that the tea is built on.

The step that matters

Let it steep for 5-10 minutes. Steeping too briefly gives weak flavor, while steeping too long can make the tea bitter and harsh as more tannins and oils are extracted from the leaves.

“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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