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Bran Tea

A simple tea made by boiling bran, gum arabic, and honey in water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Bran Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil the bran in the water for 15 minutes.

  2. Add the gum arabic and honey and dissolve them.

  3. Strain through muslin.

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

Bran
Gives the tea its grainy, toasted flavour and body as it steeps in the water.
Gum arabic
Adds thickness and a smooth mouthfeel to the liquid.
Honey
Adds sweetness and a mild floral aroma.

“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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