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 2 teaspoons of tea for every 4 cups of water and add it to the teapot.
Pour about ½ cup of boiling water over the tea in the pot.
Steep and serve
Cover the teapot and let it steep for 5 minutes.
Fill the teapot with more boiling water from a covered pitcher as needed.
Serve the tea and refill the teapot or urn when it is empty.
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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Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Loose green tea
- Provides the flavor and aroma of the brew once steeped in hot water.
The step that matters
Pouring boiling water over the tea. Green tea leaves are delicate, and water that is too hot can extract bitter compounds and make the brew taste harsh. Letting the water cool slightly before steeping, as this method does, helps keep the flavor smooth.
“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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