This section is from the book "Food Facts For The Home-Maker", by Lucile Stimson Harvey. Also available from Amazon: Food facts for the home-maker.
I teaspoon tea 1 cup boiling water
Scald an earthenware or china teapot. Put in tea and pour over it boiling water. Let it stand on back of range or in warm place 3 minutes. Strain and serve immediately, either with or without sugar and cream. Avoid second steeping of tea leaves. If this is done so large an amount of tannin is extracted that ill results may follow.
Follow recipe for making tea. Russian tea may be served either hot or cold, but always without milk. A thin slice of lemon is allowed for each cup. Sugar is added according to taste. As in Russia, a preserved strawberry may be allowed each cup, or candied cherries may be used, or a clove added.
4 teaspoons tea 2 cups boiling water
Follow recipe for making tea, strain into glasses 1/3 full of cracked ice. Sweeten to taste. The flavor is much finer by chilling the infusion quickly.
 
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