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Tea Preparation

4 servings

Ingredients

• 3 tsp Black tea
• Water, boiling (a little)

Instructions

1. Rinse the teapot, preferably an English nickel one, with hot water and discard the water.
2. Add the tea – about 3 teaspoons are sufficient for 4 people.
3. First, pour 1 cup of boiling water over it, let the tea steep covered in a warm place, and then completely fill the pot with boiling water.
4. Let the tea steep for 5 minutes and pour through a sieve into the waiting cups.
5. If you want to prepare more tea than will be served in the first round, it is better to put the necessary amount of tea into a wire mesh tea ball and hang it in the pot.
6. To ensure the tea steeps sufficiently, swirl the ball back and forth occasionally and remove it after 7-10 minutes.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.