Tea, to Make
Ingredients
Directions
Heat the water
Boil fresh cold water in a kettle.
Do not use water that has been boiled before.
Brew
Once boiling, pour the water into a teapot.
Add 1 teaspoon of tea for every two small cups.
Let the tea steep for 3 to 4 minutes.
Serve
Pour the tea into a clean, preheated teapot.
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
- Tea
- Its flavour and aroma compounds dissolve into the hot water during steeping.
- Water
- Acts as the solvent that extracts flavour from the tea leaves when hot.
The step that matters
Steep for 3 to 4 minutes. Tannins and other compounds keep leaching out of tea leaves the longer they steep. Stopping within the set time keeps the tea balanced, while oversteeping makes it bitter and astringent.
“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.
More tea recipes
You might also like
Vegetable Soup350 recipes
Raspberry Vinegar214 recipes
Brown Coffee with Egg175 recipes
Blackberry Cordial129 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.