To Make Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Warm the teapot with boiling water for 2-3 minutes, then pour it out.
Add the tea to the teapot.
Pour in 1 to 1½ pints of boiling water.
Close the lid and let it steep for 5 to 10 minutes.
Fill up the pot with more boiling water if needed.
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
- Tea
- Provides the main flavour and aroma as its compounds dissolve into the hot water.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavour from the tea leaves and sets the brewing temperature.
The step that matters
Close the lid and let it steep for 5 to 10 minutes. Steeping too briefly gives weak, pale tea, while steeping too long releases more tannins, making it bitter and astringent. Keeping the lid closed holds heat so extraction stays even.
“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.
More tea recipes
You might also like
Vegetable Soup350 recipes
Raspberry Vinegar214 recipes
Brown Coffee with Egg175 recipes
Blackberry Cordial129 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.