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Brak Tea

A simple beverage made by steeping bran in boiling water and sweetening with sugar or honey.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Brak Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour 1 quart of boiling water over 3 teaspoons of bran.

  2. Let it steep for 30 minutes.

  3. Sweeten with sugar or honey.

  4. Strain before serving.

  5. Take a piece of bread.

  6. Place it in a jug with the water.

  7. Cover with a cloth for 30 minutes.

  8. Strain before serving.

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

Bran
Steeps into the hot water, releasing flavour and body into 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.

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