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Camomile Tea

A simple infusion made by steeping camomile tea in boiling water.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place 1 tablespoon of camomile tea in a teapot.

  2. Pour ½ pint of boiling water over the tea.

  3. Let it steep on a hot platter or over steam for 5 minutes.

  4. Strain the tea 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.

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What each ingredient does

Camomile tea
Supplies the flavour and aroma compounds that dissolve into the hot water as it steeps.

The step that matters

Let it steep on a hot platter or over steam for 5 minutes.. Extraction depends on time and temperature. Keeping the tea hot lets flavour compounds keep dissolving for the full five minutes, so the infusion is consistent. Letting it cool slows extraction, which can leave the cup weak. Straining at the end stops further extraction and keeps the cup from becoming bitter.

“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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