Herb Teas
Ingredients
Directions
Place one teaspoonful of dried herbs into a cup of boiling water.
Cover and let stand where they will not boil for 5 to 10 minutes.
Strain before serving.
Avoid steeping longer than 10 minutes to prevent bitterness.
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
- Dried herbs (in the method)
- Supply the flavour and aroma that dissolve into the hot water during steeping.
The step that matters
Avoid steeping longer than 10 minutes. Steeping continues extracting compounds while the herbs stay wet. Longer steeping draws out bitter compounds along with the pleasant aroma, so the tea turns harsh and astringent. Timing controls the balance of flavour.
“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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