New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-09
HOW TO MAN T. TEA.
GOLDEN FLUID WITHOUT BOILING WATER

corn my FLUID WITHOUT BOILING WATER.
How very few person, there are ia TINS country
who know. the right way 10 make tea aid AN Eng
| u.hmau tie other day. II seems a simple thng
cp.nrh and set II lhc many millions who use this
r.fro.hiY, and agreeable beverage. Invaluable alike
to tollc, and 10 dlcr,. very >mnll p"poHi"n-per-
ham. not one person III ten thousand understand how
t prcpar. IT, II however improperly made tea
+, not only deprived Of all it, finest properties p"'
I E., rendered absolutely injurious 10 the health
GO great many people seem To- think That all that
j., necessary i'm order Ia make tea is 10 pour boiling
water upon a few -poouius Of the leaf ana {" let IL
draw for about five even ten minutes. TINS hnh
~ Sewing for it H. impossible 10 describe II AZ any
thing cl-c-ha, the effect OF extracting from the tea
all tine fannie acid which it contains, and renders the
dccnction intensely bitter. Indeed. IT Is almost inn
-Ibl. 10 drink thus made without the addition
of .r.elr and crcam-both Of which destroy any fra
GRANGE and aroma which the Infusion may have still
retained Tea Tim, made Is hurtml To the nerves
and TO the digestion. and the process
j., absolutely barbarous. 1t Is pro
cess which we have acquired from tho
English, who. especially among the middle aud lower
ola,,c. decline 10 regard tea a. tea lnlcs the Infusion
i. almost black and cNctciatngy bitter. The ortho-
dos Enclsh-aud al.o in consequence the American
allowance o the leaf is at the enormous ratio oi ono
tea poonfu per cup. Hence there j. frequently a.
much 4, nth of the leaf 70 four nth, OF water.
OF course the grurcrs ma III 10 t'Il Hl'I'0l 1" VI
courage the above method of making the beverage,
since il not only lead, TO an increased consumption
Of sugar. but also of tea.
Sc # the grocer, were more honest they would in
form their customers that couple of caspoonfuS of
the leaf are sufficient 10 make ten quarts of the most
excellent strong and fragrant tea pound suiicca for
several hundred cups
The proper manner In which 10 make tea j. As
follow: First warm the teapot. which by preference
should he Of carthcnware falling that of porcelain
but never Of metnl-and that 1t IS Immediately
| clean Then put two tcaopOOnfuls of
the lcaf-but not more-into the pot, and
pour owe. VI water which i within
a few degree, Of the boiling stage. Under no err.
cum,taurr, must boiling water be used this would
tend 10 bring out the fannie acid from the leaf After
allowing The To draw from sixty to eighty seconds
Ly the clock H. should be poured of through
brc srancr into glass dccanter or bottle. fresh
upplv OF hot water should then az be poured
the leave, and the pot allowed to draw from two to
Three minutes but longer, after which the infusion
should be strained of into a second dccancr glass
bottle and set aside. The process be repeated
with the same original tea leaves eight or ten times
I'm succession each infusion being allowed To draw one
minute longer than II, predecessor The dccantcrs or
hottie, of lca thus made which not required for
Immediate drlnIng should be carefully cOrhed mp,
after being allowed 10 cool and should then be placed
ON lee ready for use n week even fortnight later
II necessary All that Is required In order 10 prepare