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Pipsissewa Tea

A tea made by boiling bruised pipsissewa in water, then straining and diluting to one pint.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Pipsissewa Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil the bruised pipsissewa in water for 15 minutes.

  2. Strain the tea and add enough water to make a total of 1 pint.

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

Pipsissewa
Provides the main flavour and the aromatic compounds that give the tea its character.

“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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