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Bran Tea

A simple tea made by steeping bran in boiling water and sweetening with sugar or honey.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Bran Tea

Ingredients

Directions

Steep

  1. Pour 1 quart of boiling water over the bran.

  2. Let it stand for 30 minutes.

Sweeten and serve

  1. Sweeten with sugar or honey.

  2. Strain before serving.

  3. Add lemon rind for extra flavor.

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
Steeps into the water to give the tea its body and earthy, toasty flavour.
Sugar or honey
Adds sweetness that balances the earthy flavour of the bran.

“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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