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Tea

A simple brewed tea made with loose tea leaves and boiling water.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Scald the teapot.

  2. Add the tea to the teapot.

  3. Pour ½ cup of boiling water over the tea.

  4. Steep in a warm place for 10 minutes without boiling.

  5. Add more boiling water to taste 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

Loose tea
Supplies the main flavour and aroma as its compounds dissolve into the water.
Boiling water
Draws flavour out of the leaves during steeping and sets the strength of the cup.

The step that matters

Steep without boiling. Keeping the water just below boiling during steeping avoids over-extracting bitter tannins from the leaves, so the tea tastes smooth rather than harsh.

“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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