Tea, to Make
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the teapot
Boil the water in a kettle.
Fill the teapot halfway with boiling water and cover it for 1 minute.
Pour out the water to leave the teapot dry and hot.
Brew and serve
Add the required quantity of tea to the teapot.
Cover the teapot and let it sit for 1 minute to allow the tea to expand.
Pour in boiling water to fill the teapot and let it steep for 4 to 5 minutes.
Pour the tea into cups.
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
- Black tea
- Provides the main flavor, aroma and astringency as its compounds dissolve into the hot water.
- Water
- Acts as the solvent that extracts flavor compounds from the tea leaves.
The step that matters
Steeping time. Steeping too long over-extracts tannins, making the tea bitter and astringent, while steeping too briefly leaves it weak and flat. Timing controls the balance of flavor.
“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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