Tea Punch

Hot punches like this one were winter drinks, served at balls and at holiday celebrations such as Christmas and New Year’s. The original title of the recipe was Punch au thé à l’anglaise, pointing out, once again, the association of the English with black tea. It comes from Alfred Suzanne’s 1904 book La Cuisine et pâtisserie anglaise et américaine, which was aimed at French chefs aspiring to work in the United Kingdom or the Un