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Herb Teas

A simple infusion of herbs steeped in boiling water, optionally sweetened.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Herb Teas

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour boiling water over the herbs in a bowl.

  2. Cover the bowl and set it over the tea kettle.

  3. Steep for ten minutes.

  4. Sweeten if desired.

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

Herbs
Provide the main flavor and aroma, which release into the water as it steeps.

The step that matters

Cover the bowl while steeping. Covering the bowl holds in heat and traps volatile aromatic compounds, so they dissolve into the water instead of escaping into the air.

“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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