The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-06-01
HOME AND HOUSEHOLD.
How to Mako Ideal Tea.


Having been fortunate enough to secure
pound or two Of pure. fragrant, unadulterated
tea, we must see that 1t is kept in an air-tight
canister. Lit be not 30 kept the tea will lose
its crispness and favor by absorbing moisture
to some extent from the surrounding atmos-
phere, and by yielding up it's volatile oil The
tea kettle should be kept scrupulously clean,
both inside and out We caunot expect to
make good tea from water boiled in
q kettle that is barked inside with
ws oe dsy ss asR'1 proves s9s o su'ss
to be q slut, and darkly hints at careless
ness in the mistress Tho water should b.
soft. Thore is nothing to beat rain water that
has been kept under ground in large tanks.
The water should be filtered The fire over
from smoke as possible, otherwise it is not
impossible that the water may partake of the
flavor of peat or burning Goals and the tea be
spoiled. Before the water has come to tho
boil the teapot should be we'll
San and and 10 the short tee Emp put in: 1T
the water boils, when tho tea should at once
be made. We heat the teapot in order to con-
serve all the caloric in the boiling water We
make the tea as soon as the water comes to the
boil, because good tea can only be made with
freshly boiling water, not boiling water that
has been boiled before or has been kept boiling
too long. Boiled water is Hat because it is
non-aerated-that is tho ''why and the where
fore" Servants want to be drilled to this, or
their heads drilled and the truth rammed into
thom.. worse fault than even this is making
tea with water that has gone of the boil, which
servants often do. Carbonate of soda should
never be used to draw the tea. It is mistake
to add fresh tea to that which has already been
made BY way Of getting stronger, and yet We
constantly hear the remark made, "Put q little
%oo in, In ,ok kon .-l~~
tea is wanted. it ought TO be made in
another teapot, and spare one often comes in
handy. teapot ought to contain enough tea
10 SO all round the company once at least; the
habit of half filling all the cups, then adding
boiling water and completing the work, is OBJ
used, and some of them look very nice on the
table; but water should be boiling and the urn
itself must previously have been we'll busted
What is the best kind of teapot? There is .
difference of opinion about this. For our part
We like the old-fashioned brown earthenware
one. provided it holds enough Next comes
the silver teapot, which some prefer. White
china teapots are also good. But in whatever
teapot the tea is made. it ought to DO clean and
pretty new; an old teapot gets bad in the en-
amel, or lined with deposit An old clay pipe,
tea draw? From three minutes to
seven, according to the kind of tea and
the character of the water. 1nvslids and peo-
pie with delicate stomachs (and everybody
else, for thatmatter) ought to be most careful
to obtain tea of superior excellence and quite
free from facing and adulteration, and ought
to attend rigidly to the plan Of making cup
of good tea which We have..just been endeav-
oring TO explain. The invalid should never
on any account drink green or scented tea.
The tea he is to drink, after having been in
fused for the proper time, cay about five
minutes, should be poured of the leaves into a
well-heated, clean teapot, and served in that,
covered by the cozy, if there be one about