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Oolong Tea

A brewed tea made from loose oolong leaves steeped in boiling water.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Add 1 teaspoon of tea for each cup plus 1 extra teaspoon.

  2. Scald the teapot thoroughly.

Steep and serve

  1. Add half the required boiling water and steep in the kettle for 15 minutes.

  2. Add the remaining hot water and serve.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Oolong tea
Provides the main flavour and aroma of the drink as its leaves release compounds into the water.
Boiling water
Extracts flavour from the tea leaves and forms the liquid body of the drink.

The step that matters

Steeping time in the kettle. Tea leaves keep releasing tannins and bitter compounds the longer they steep in hot water. Steeping for 15 minutes in the kettle can make the tea taste harsh if the leaves are left in too long, so the timing 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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