Name: Linseen Tea
Ingredients: 2 quarts boiling water; 1 ounce linseed; 2 teaspoons liquorice root, sliced

Linseen Tea

Ingredients

2 quarts boiling water
1 ounce linseed
2 teaspoons liquorice root, sliced

Directions

Pour boiling water over linseed and liquorice root. Let it stand for six hours.

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

Linseed: Releases mucilage into the water, giving the tea a soothing, slightly thick texture.
Liquorice root: Adds sweetness and a distinct aroma to the infusion.

“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.