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Banquet Tea

A simple tea made by steeping Banquet Tea in boiling water.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Rinse an earthenware teapot with boiling water.

  2. Add 1 teaspoon of Banquet Tea for each cup.

  3. Pour fresh boiling water over the tea.

Steep and serve

  1. Steep for 3 to 7 minutes, according to package directions.

  2. Strain 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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Banquet tea
Provides the main flavor and aroma of the drink.
Fresh boiling water
Extracts flavor and color from the tea leaves as it steeps.

The step that matters

Steep for the stated time. Steeping longer than directed releases more tannins from the leaves, which makes the tea taste bitter and astringent. Stopping too early leaves it weak and thin in 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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