To Make Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Boil the water quickly.
Scald the teapot.
Steep and serve
Pour 1 cup of boiling water over the tea.
Let it steep for 5 to 10 minutes.
Pour another cup of water over the tea for desired 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
- Provides the main flavor and aroma of the drink, and its tannins add some astringency.
The step that matters
Let it steep for 5 to 10 minutes.. Green tea leaves release bitter, astringent compounds called tannins the longer they steep, and the hot water speeds this up. Timing the steep controls how bitter the cup becomes, so checking it within the given range matters.
“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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