To Make Green Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the pot
Boil water in a kettle.
Pour some boiling water into the teapot and let it sit for a few minutes, then discard the water.
Steep and serve
Measure 1 teaspoon of tea for every 2 people and place it in the teapot.
Pour about ½ cup of boiling water over the tea.
Cover the teapot and let it steep for 5 minutes.
Fill the teapot with more boiling water from a covered pitcher as needed.
When serving, refill the teapot or urn to maintain strength.
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
- Supplies the leaves whose flavor and aroma are drawn into the water during steeping.
The step that matters
Cover the teapot and let it steep for 5 minutes.. Steeping too long or in water that is too hot pulls out more tannins and catechins, which makes green tea taste bitter and astringent. Timing the steep keeps the brew smooth and 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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