Iced Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Steep the tea
Combine 4 tsp black tea with 4 cups cold water and stir into the water.
Let stand 5 or 6 hours.
Serve and carry
Strain and serve in glasses with sugar, lemon, and cracked ice.
Put the tea, water, and sugar in a glass jar, seal, and carry with a lunch.
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. See the original page.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Black tea (in the method)
- Provides the main flavor and color of the drink.
The step that matters
Letting the tea stand. Tea left to steep too long releases more tannins, which makes the drink bitter and astringent. Timing the steep by the hour keeps the flavor balanced.
“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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