{"id":102680,"date":"2026-11-12T02:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=102680"},"modified":"2026-11-11T10:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:10:03","slug":"the-corporate-bailout-that-caused-the-boston-tea-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/the-corporate-bailout-that-caused-the-boston-tea-party\/","title":{"rendered":"The corporate bailout that caused the Boston Tea Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tudXVzG_fG0?si=WZo_aTf-vMkarjzd\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tasting History with Max Miller<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 15 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>Slightly thickened warm drink made of green tea, white wine, and nutmeg<\/p>\n<p><em>City\/Region<\/em>: England | United States of America<br \/>\n<em>Time Period<\/em>: 1742<\/p>\n<p>Caudles are one of those old-fashioned drinks that you don&#8217;t hear about anymore, but they should really make a comeback, or at least this green tea caudle should. Originally, the term caudle referred to any hot drink, but over time, caudle came to mean a drink made with wine or ale that was thickened, sweetened, and spiced.<\/p>\n<p>This caudle, from an English cookbook that was the first cookbook printed in the American colonies, has a base of green tea and wine that is sweetened with sugar, spiced with nutmeg, and thickened with egg yolks. The green tea and nutmeg really come through, and there&#8217;s an interesting citrusy flavor that I think comes from the <em>sauvignon blanc<\/em> that I used. The egg yolks gently thicken the mixture so it has the consistency of egg nog, and overall it is a unique, delicious drink that is well worth a try.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<p><strong>To make Tea Caudle.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Make a quart of strong green Tea, and pour it out into a Skillet, and set it over the fire; then beat the yolks of four Eggs, and mix with them a pint of White-wine, a grated Nutmeg, Sugar to your Taste, and put all together; and stir it over the fire till \u2018tis very hot, then drink it in China Dishes as Caudle.<\/em><br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish&#8217;d Gentlewoman&#8217;s Companion<\/strong> by Eliza Smith, 1734<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>1 quart (1 L) water<br \/>\n2 tablespoons loose leaf green tea<br \/>\n4 egg yolks<br \/>\n1 nutmeg, grated, about 2 1\/2 teaspoons<br \/>\n1\/2 cup (100 g) sugar, more or less to taste<br \/>\n2 cups (475 ml) white wine, I used a sauvignon blanc<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat the water in a saucepan until it reaches 170-180\u00b0F (about 80\u00b0C). Remove it from the heat and stir in the green tea. Let it steep for 3 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>After 3 minutes, strain the tea leaves out and put the brewed tea in a medium saucepan. Let it cool until it is just warm.<\/li>\n<li>While the tea cools, whisk the yolks in a bowl until they&#8217;re smooth. Whisk in the grated nutmeg until combined, and then the sugar until combined. It will be quite thick at this point.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk in the white wine until it&#8217;s fully combined.<\/li>\n<li>When the tea has cooled until it&#8217;s just warm to the touch, add in the egg mixture. If you do this while the tea is still hot, the egg yolks can scramble.<\/li>\n<li>Set the saucepan over medium heat. When it starts to steam, begin to stir it continuously until it reaches 175\u00b0F (80\u00b0C).<\/li>\n<li>Take the caudle off the heat and pour it into glasses or tea cups, and serve it forth.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tasting History with Max Miller Published 15 May 2026 Slightly thickened warm drink made of green tea, white wine, and nutmeg City\/Region: England | United States of America Time Period: 1742 Caudles are one of those old-fashioned drinks that you don&#8217;t hear about anymore, but they should really make a comeback, or at least this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,74,7,13],"tags":[900,1276,1149,472,1388,1442,1155],"class_list":["post-102680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-food","category-history","category-usa","tag-boston","tag-cooking","tag-eastindiacompany","tag-massachusetts","tag-recipes","tag-tastinghistory","tag-tea"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-qI8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102680"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105969,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102680\/revisions\/105969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}