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Bran Tea

A hot beverage made by boiling bran with water, then adding gum arabic and honey, and straining.

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.

  3. Dissolve and 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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Bran
Releases flavour and colour into the water as it simmers, forming the base of the tea.
Gum arabic
Adds body and a smooth, slightly thick mouthfeel to the liquid.
Honey
Adds sweetness and a rounded flavour.

The step that matters

Dissolve and strain through muslin. Straining through muslin removes the bran particles so the tea comes out smooth rather than gritty. Dissolving the gum arabic fully first prevents lumps and keeps the texture even.

“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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