Name: Flax-seed Tea
Ingredients: 1 ounce unbruised flax-seed; 1 teaspoon pulverized liquorice-root; 1 pint boiling water

Flax-seed Tea

Ingredients

1 ounce unbruised flax-seed
1 teaspoon pulverized liquorice-root
1 pint boiling water

Directions

Pour boiling water over flax-seed and liquorice-root.
Place the vessel near, but not on, the fire for four hours.
Strain through a linen cloth.
Make fresh every day.

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.

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What each ingredient does

Flax-seed: Releases mucilage into the water, giving the tea a soothing, slightly thick body.
Liquorice-root: Adds a natural sweetness and a distinctive aroma to the tea.

“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.