To Make Green Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Boil water in a kettle.
Pour some boiling water into the teapot and let it sit for a few minutes, then discard the water.
Measure 1 teaspoon of tea for every 2 persons and place it in the teapot.
Steep and serve
Pour about ½ cup of boiling water over the tea.
Cover the teapot and let it steep for 5 minutes.
Fill the teapot with more boiling water from a covered pitcher as needed.
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
- Loose tea
- Provides the main flavor and aroma as its leaves release compounds into the hot water.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavor from the tea leaves and carries it into the brewed drink.
The step that matters
Cover the teapot and steep for 5 minutes. Steeping green tea too long releases more bitter compounds from the leaves, so timing the infusion matters for a smooth, balanced cup.
“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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