To Prepare Green Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Select whole green tea that has not been exposed to air.
Scald and dry a tin cup with a handle or a tea pot before use.
Brew and serve
Pour boiling water over the tea and let it steep for about 10 minutes.
Pour the tea, grounds and all, into a cup and serve immediately.
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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What each ingredient does
- Green tea
- Provides the flavour and the aroma of the infusion, as the leaves release their compounds into the water.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavour from the tea leaves when poured over them and left to steep.
The step that matters
Steeping the tea for about 10 minutes. Green tea is delicate, and steeping it too long in very hot water draws out more bitter compounds from the leaves, making the cup taste harsh. Timing the steep is what keeps the flavour 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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