Tea Punch
United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 7 ingredients
Possible health benefits
General information, not medical advice.
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Lemon
High in vitamin C · 53 mg per 100 g, 66% of the reference intake per 100 g
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
11 more authorised claims
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
- Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
- Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
- Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
- Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
- Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
- Vitamin C increases iron absorption.
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet
Source of protein · 1.1 g per 100 g, 15% of the energy from protein
- Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
- Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
- Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemons, raw, without peel”, USDA FoodData Central.
Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).
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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- Take five heaped teaspoonfuls of black tea.
- Have your teapot hot before you put it in.
- Pour over it enough boiling water to cover.
- Allow to draw for three minutes, then fill up with boiling water.
- Let draw for two minutes, and pour through a tea sieve into a pitcher which will hold two quarts.
- Fill the teapot up with boiling water again and again, allowing it each time to draw for two or three minutes, until your pitcher is full.
- Meanwhile, heat a bottle of California table claret (which need not cost any more than twenty cents a bottle), until just before boiling;
- put half a pound of sugar into the punch-bowl, add the peel and juice of one lemon, and pour over it the hot claret and the tea.
- Finally, add half a pint of arrack.
- This economical punch is equally good cold or hot.
- If you wish it cold, set it in ice for several hours before serving.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Mixing bowl
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Vegetable peeler
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Sieve