The Boston cooking-school cook book

theine, would not be extracted. Freshly boiled, because long cooking renders it flat and insipid to taste on account of escape of its atmospheric gases. Tea should always be infused, never boiled. Long steeping destroys the delicate flavor by developing a larger amount of tannic acid. How to Make Tea 3 teaspoons tea 2 cups boiling water Scald an earthen or china teapot. Put in tea, and pour on boiling water. Let stand on back of range or in a warm place five minutes. Strain and serve immediately, with or without sugar and milk. Avoid second steeping of leaves with addition of a few fresh ones. If this is done, so large an amount of tannin is extracted that various ills are apt to follow. Five o’Clock Tea When tea is made in dining or drawing-room, a “Five o’Clock Tea-kettle” (Samovar), and tea-ball or teapot are used. Russian Tea Follow recipe for making tea. Russian Tea may be served hot or cold, but always without milk. A thin slice of lemon, from which seeds have been removed, or a few drops of lemon juice, is allowed for each cup. Sugar is added according to taste. In Russia a preserved strawberry to each cup is considered an improvement. We imitate our Russian friends by garnishing with a candied cherry. De John’s Tea Follow recipe for making tea and serve hot, allowing three whole cloves to each cup. Sugar is added according to taste. Iced Tea 4 teaspoons tea 2 cups boiling water Follow recipe for making tea. Strain into glasses one-third full of cracked ice. Sweeten to taste, and allow one slice lemon to each glass tea. The flavor is much finer by chilling the infusion quickly. Wellesley Tea Make same as Iced Tea, having three crushed mint leaves in each glass into which the hot infusion is strained. [Illustration: FIVE O’CLOCK TEA SERVICE.—_Page 34._ ] [Illustration: CHOCOLATE SERVICE.—_Page 41._ ] [Illustration: COFFEE PERCOLATORS AND POT.—_Page 38._ ] [Illustration: AFTER-DINNER COFFEE SERVICE.—_Page 38._ ] COFFEE The coffee-tree is native to Abyssinia, but is now grown in all tropical countries. It belongs