Making Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Scald the teapot with boiling water.
Add the required amount of tea to the pot.
Pour boiling water over the tea.
Cover the teapot to prevent steam from escaping.
Let the tea infuse for 7 minutes.
Pour the tea into cups immediately after infusion.
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
- Provides the flavour and aroma compounds that dissolve into the hot water.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavour from the tea leaves and carries it into the cup.
The step that matters
Let the tea infuse for 7 minutes. Steeping too briefly leaves the tea weak, while steeping too long can draw out bitter tannins. Timing controls the balance of flavour and astringency.
“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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