Sassafras Tea - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 dry sassafras roots (3 to 4-inches in length)
1 qt. water

Preparation

Wash sassafras roots well and let dry.
Put six dry roots, 3 to 4-inches in length, in an enamel pot.
Cover with water.
Soak overnight.
Place pot on stove.
Boil roots slowly until a tea, dark in color, is made.
(This will be fairly strong.)
Weaken and sweeten the tea to taste.
(The same roots may be boiled each day for several days, as the flavor increases with each boiling.)