Hoiv to Make Good Tea
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United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 2 ingredients
- 2 cupfuls of boiling water
- 3 teaspoonfuls of tea
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- Use only good tea;
- it is expensive, but cheap teas are likely to be adulterated, and good tea is economical in the end.
- It should be kept in an air-tight canister or jar, otherwise it will rapidly lose its flavor.
- Use only a china, earthen, or silver teapot.
- Boil the water quickly and use it only at that point and in a hot teapot.
- It should be steeped about • five minutes.
- You should never allow it to boil.
- Take from 1 to 3 teaspoonfuls of tea to 2 cupfuls of boiling water.
- Scald the pot first, and when yon have the water boiling, put the tea into the pot and let it steep for three to five minutes.
- If yon find it too strong, yon can weaken it by adding hot water, but in doing this the water should be almost at the boiling point.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan