"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Tue 05 Jul 2005 09:29:59a, Dimitri wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> "Me" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> what's the difference between brewed & steeped?
>>
>> Brewed is made with hot water.
>> Steeped is generally made with cold water such as sun tea.
>>
>> Fill a jug with cold water, add the tea in bags, cover and put out in
>> the sun to steep. Good stuff.
>>
>> Dimitri
>
> Cookbooks often say to pour boiling water over the tea in a teapot and allow
> to "steep".
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿*


2 out of 3 say nothing about heat:

Dimitri

4 entries found for steep.
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steep[1,adjective]steep[2,noun]steep[3,verb]steep[4,noun]

Main Entry: steep
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English stepen; akin to Swedish stöpa to steep
transitive senses

1 : to soak in a liquid at a temperature under the boiling point (as for
softening, bleaching, or extracting an essence)

2 : to cover with or plunge into a liquid (as in bathing, rinsing, or soaking)

3 : to saturate with or subject thoroughly to (some strong or pervading
influence) <practices steeped in tradition>
intransitive senses : to undergo the process of soaking in a liquid

synonym see SOAK
- steep·er noun