Vintage Recipe: Iced Tea, 1887

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Iced Tea

The following vintage recipe was transcribed ver batim from the following newspaper:

The White River Herald

South Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont

September 9, 1887

Iced Tea: For each person, allow one teaspoon of black tea, pour boiling water upon it and let it stand where it will "draw" for ten minutes; cool in a refrigerator, or on the bottom of the cellar. When ready to serve, sweeten, enrich with cream and pour upon bits of ice in a glass. -Farmer and Manufacturer

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