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Tea in Urn

Steep tea in a gallon of boiling water, strain into an urn, and steep again before serving.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Tea in Urn

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place tea in a gallon measure.

  2. Fill the measure with boiling water and cover.

  3. Allow to steep for three minutes.

  4. Empty the mixture into a clean urn, passing it through a strainer.

  5. Let it steep for five more minutes, then remove the dregs from the urn.

  6. Serve immediately, as tea will not hold its flavor for more than one hour.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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 flavor and aroma as its compounds dissolve into the hot water.
Water
Acts as the solvent that extracts flavor from the tea leaves.

The step that matters

Serve immediately after steeping. Tea flavor fades over time once brewed, so serving soon after steeping keeps the flavor fresh. The record notes it will not hold its flavor for more than one hour.

“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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