[Sca-cooks] New Books of Possible Interest

[johnna holloway]

My guess to would be that they mean a steeped
or boiled infusion, but it could be the description
is wrong too.
If I can lay my hands on the book, I'll check it
out and let people know exactly what is meant.
Johnna Holloway  Johnnae

Terry Decker wrote:>
> The first mention of tea in English is in Lindschooten's Travels, 1597.  The
> first imports into England were in the early 1600s.  The first public sale
> of tea was at Thomas Garraway's coffee house in 1657.
> > Bear
> ----------------------------------
> >I suspect they probably mean tisanes - what we would call "herbal teas" -
> >since, as you are no doubt aware, Camillia sinensis was unknown in Britain
> >until... hmmm, I forget the date, but quite late in our period, I think.> >Avraham