How to Make Tea
From Twentieth century home cook book, 1905
Serves 1
Tea should be made with soft water, filtered rain-water is good.
Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Hq-w to Make Tea. The old-fashioned rule, and a good one, is a heaping teaspoonful for each person and an exti-a one for the pot. For, unlike the Chinese, we drink tea strong, and with milk or sugar, or both. Tea should be made with soft water. Filtered rain-water is good. One way is to scald a metal teapot, put in the tea, pour in half the required quantity of boiling water, cover the pot with a "cosey," (a quilted cover to slip over the pot to keep it hot
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