Black Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the pot
Clean and scald an earthen teapot.
Brew the tea
Add 1 teaspoon of tea for each person.
Pour in fresh boiling water.
Steep for 10 minutes without boiling.
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
- Black tea
- Supplies the main flavour, aroma and tannins that give the brew its character.
- Fresh boiling water
- Extracts flavour and colour compounds from the leaves while dissolving them into the infusion.
The step that matters
Steep without boiling. Keep the water just off the boil while steeping. Boiling the leaves releases excess bitter tannins and can make the tea harsh and astringent.
“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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