Preparing Tea

Appears in
Professional Cooking: 10th Edition

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2025

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In most restaurants, it seems, when one orders tea, one receives a cold cup, a tea bag in a little package, and a pot of warm water that has been standing in an urn for hours. This is absolutely the worst possible way to serve tea, with the possible exception of brewing a large quantity and keeping it warm all day. No wonder most people don’t order tea.
Here is the right way: