Tea
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 27. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
- Boiling water
- 3 to 6 teaspoons loose tea or 3 to 6 tea bags
- 4 cups boiling water
Instructions
- Warm a teapot by filling it with boiling water. If using loose tea, measure tea into a tea ball. Empty teapot; add tea ball or tea bags to pot. Immediately add 4 cups boiling water to teapot. Cover; let steep for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove tea ball or tea bags; serve tea at once.
- Iced Tea: Prepare as above, except use 4 to 8 teaspoons loose tea or 4 to 8 tea bags. After mixture steeps, let cool at room temperature for about 2 hours. Serve over ice. Pass sugar and lemon, if desired. Store in refrigerator.
- Sun Tea: Place 6 to 8 tea bags in a 2-quart clear glass container. Add 1 1/2 quarts cold water; cover. Let stand in full sun or at room temperature for 2 to 3 hours or till tea reaches desired strength. Remove tea bags. Serve over ice. Pass sugar and lemon, if desired. Store in refrigerator.
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
Image credit: Image attribution: "Red Tea.jpg" by Jubair1985; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Tea.jpg. Cropped/resized.
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