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Buckthorn Tea

Buckthorn tea is made by steeping buckthorn bark in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Buckthorn Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the buckthorn bark in a teapot.

  2. Pour boiling water over the bark.

  3. Allow to steep for 10 to 15 minutes.

  4. Strain and serve warm (not hot).

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

Buckthorn bark
Provides the main flavour and compounds that infuse into the water during steeping.

“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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