Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Put the tea into a scalded teapot.
Pour boiling water over the tea.
Let it steep on the back of the stove for five minutes.
Do not boil the tea.
Strain the tea and serve immediately.
For stronger tea, use 2 teaspoons of tea per cup of boiling water.
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
- Tea
- Its leaves release flavor, aroma, and color into the hot water during steeping.
- Boiling water
- Acts as the solvent that extracts flavor compounds from the tea leaves.
The step that matters
Do not boil the tea. Boiling can draw out excess tannins from the leaves, making the tea taste harsh and bitter instead of smooth and aromatic.
“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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