Name: Flaxseed Tea
Ingredients: 1 ounce unbruised flaxseed; 1 teaspoon pulverized liquorice root; 1 pint boiling soft water

Flaxseed Tea

Ingredients

1 ounce unbruised flaxseed
1 teaspoon pulverized liquorice root
1 pint boiling soft water

Directions

Pour boiling water over flaxseed and liquorice root.
Let it sit near, but not on, the fire for four hours.
Strain the mixture through a linen cloth.
Make fresh tea every day.

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

Flaxseed: Its mucilage thickens the water, giving the tea a soothing, slightly viscous body.
Liquorice root: Adds sweetness and a distinctive aroma to the tea.

“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.