Burundian brewed tea

Name: Burundian brewed tea
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 9 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Burundi
Ingredients: 8 g — Burundian black tea; 1000 ml — drinking water

Burundian brewed tea — A clearly measured home version for the Burundi collection. Follow the listed ingredients and method; this recipe does not claim an exclusive origin.

Ingredients

8 g — Burundian black tea
1000 ml — drinking water

Preparation

Heat drinking water to about 95°C.

Warm the teapot with extra hot water and empty it.

Add 8 g black tea, pour the listed litre of water and steep 3–4 minutes.

Taste and strain without pressing the leaves hard.

Divide into four cups; optional sugar and milk remain separate and excluded from nutrition.

Longer steeping increases bitterness and does not measure caffeine.