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Definition: to allow dry ingredients, such as coffee, tea, or spices, to soak in a liquid until the liquid takes on the flavor of the dry ingredient.

Pronunciation: steep

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15y ago

In cooking "Steep" means to allow a mixture to gradually fall in temperature (not neccsarily cool) and allow the mixture of ingrediant to continue to break and mix flavor.

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It means to 'brew' the tea, or to allow time for the tea leaves to release their flavour into the hot water.

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