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To Make Tea

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil water and scald the teapot.

  2. Place dry tea in a strainer and rinse with cold water to remove dust.

  3. Add the tea to the teapot and pour boiling water over it.

  4. Let it steep on the back of the stove for five minutes.

  5. Pour the tea from the grounds into a hot pot and serve immediately.

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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