Tea is best, made fresh in the sick-room. A little _tête-à-tête_ china
service is a pretty ornament for a bedroom, and it is a convenient and
tasteful arrangement for serving tea to invalids. If one has no little
tea-pot like that belonging to the service here referred to, a small one
of any other kind is desirable.
Put two tea-spoonfuls of tea-leaves into the small tea-pot; pour two
tea-cupfuls of _boiling_ water over it; cover it closely, and let it
steam for a few moments.
With a small table at the side of the invalid’s bed, it is a decidedly
pleasant little diversion to make tea in this manner, being sure at the
same time that it is perfectly fresh. However it is made though, do not
present a cupful of tea to a sufferer with a part of the tea spilled
into the saucer.
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To avoid having fat left in the soups, it is safer to allow them to get
entirely cold, when the fat can be easily skimmed off. Just enough can
be heated each time the soup is served.