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Camomile Tea

A herbal infusion made by steeping camomile flowers in boiling water, optionally sweetened.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Camomile Tea

Ingredients

Directions

Make the infusion

  1. Place the camomile flowers in a teapot.

  2. Pour boiling water over the flowers.

  3. Let the infusion stand for 30 minutes.

Strain and serve

  1. Strain the tea into a bottle.

  2. Sweeten with sugar or honey if desired.

  3. Drink a glass at 11 o'clock.

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.

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What each ingredient does

Camomile flowers
Release their aroma and flavour compounds into the water during steeping.
Boiling water
Dissolves and extracts flavour compounds from the flowers as it infuses.

“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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