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Tea

A beverage brewed from tea leaves steeped in 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 and wet it with a little boiling water.

  3. Cover the pot closely and let it sit for 5 minutes.

  4. Pour in the boiling water and cover again for another 5 minutes.

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

Tea
Provides the main flavor and aroma as its compounds dissolve into the hot water.
Boiling water
Extracts flavor from the tea leaves and carries it into the brew.

“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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