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Clove-Spiced Black Tea

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DrinksAmerican⏱ 10 minServes 2Easy⚡ Five & FastGluten-freeEgg-freeDairy-freeLactose-freeVeganVegetarianNut-free
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Ingredients

  • 3 tsp loose black tea
  • 2 cups freshly boiled water
  • 6 whole cloves
  • Sugar, to taste

Method

  1. Warm a china or ceramic teapot by swirling a little hot water in it, then pour that water out.
  2. Put the tea leaves in the pot, pour over the freshly boiled water and leave to steep for about 5 minutes.
  3. Drop three cloves into each cup, strain the tea over them and sweeten to taste.

Steep the leaves only once. A second steeping just makes the tea bitter.

Recipe source: Project Gutenberg – The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1910 ed.) · Public domain (U.S.) · Fannie Merritt Farmer · Adapted from “De John's Tea”: rewritten in our own words with modern units and food-safety updates; untested
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