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These days it's next to impossible to find a vendor of beef tea essence.

rsj_hn 5y ago
According to the "foods of England" website (http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/beeftea.htm http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/beeftea.htm), beef tea is "The clear liquid from beef which has been boiled until fallen, strained and skimmed of all fat. " You can find a recipe online. And "beef essence" is just meat extract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_Extract_of_Meat_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_Extract_of_Meat_Com... "Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, established in the United Kingdom, was the producer of LEMCO brand Liebig's Extract of Meat and the originator of Oxo meat extracts and Oxo beef stock cubes. It was named after Baron Justus von Liebig, the 19th-century German organic chemist who developed and promoted a method for industrial production of beef extract. In 1847, Justus von Liebig developed a concentrated beef extract in hopes of providing a cheap and nutritious meat substitute, Extractum carnis Liebig, for those unable to afford the real thing.[2] His method was to trim the fat from the meat, break the meat into small particles, boil it with water to form a liquid of 6-8% solids, and then stir it over low heat, until it was reduced to a paste of 80% solids." https://store.belgianshop.com/syrups/1414-oxo-beef-meat-extract-240-ml.html https://store.belgianshop.com/syrups/1414-oxo-beef-meat-extr...
- lotophage 5y ago
  My grandmother would occasionally offer me "Bovox" out of habit: "Tea, coffee, or Bovox?" "What's Bovox?" "It's a beef drink." "Do you have any?" "No."
greentissue 5y ago
wouldn't that just be beef soup? Tea basically takes something and soaks it in hot water for a long time. If you are using meat products i assume it automatically become soup (since thats basically what soup is)
- op00to 5y ago
  More like a stock. Soup implies more complexity than a base of stock.
- sjg007 5y ago
  I was thinking it was beef stock.
dustintrex 5y ago
Oddly, meat essences, particularly chicken essence, have found a new life in Asia, where they've been adopted into the pantheon of Chinese traditional medicine and are now considered essential (bad bum tssh) for hard-studying students. The market leader, Brands, was originally British. https://www.brandsworld.com.sg/en/about-us/history-and-heritage.html https://www.brandsworld.com.sg/en/about-us/history-and-herit...
dredmorbius 5y ago
Bouillion.

According to the "foods of England" website (http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/beeftea.htm http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/beeftea.htm), beef tea is "The clear liquid from beef which has been boiled until fallen, strained and skimmed of all fat. " You can find a recipe online. And "beef essence" is just meat extract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_Extract_of_Meat_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_Extract_of_Meat_Com... "Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, established in the United Kingdom, was the producer of LEMCO brand Liebig's Extract of Meat and the originator of Oxo meat extracts and Oxo beef stock cubes. It was named after Baron Justus von Liebig, the 19th-century German organic chemist who developed and promoted a method for industrial production of beef extract. In 1847, Justus von Liebig developed a concentrated beef extract in hopes of providing a cheap and nutritious meat substitute, Extractum carnis Liebig, for those unable to afford the real thing.[2] His method was to trim the fat from the meat, break the meat into small particles, boil it with water to form a liquid of 6-8% solids, and then stir it over low heat, until it was reduced to a paste of 80% solids." https://store.belgianshop.com/syrups/1414-oxo-beef-meat-extract-240-ml.html https://store.belgianshop.com/syrups/1414-oxo-beef-meat-extr...

lotophage 5y ago
My grandmother would occasionally offer me "Bovox" out of habit: "Tea, coffee, or Bovox?" "What's Bovox?" "It's a beef drink." "Do you have any?" "No."

greentissue 5y ago

wouldn't that just be beef soup? Tea basically takes something and soaks it in hot water for a long time. If you are using meat products i assume it automatically become soup (since thats basically what soup is)

op00to 5y ago
More like a stock. Soup implies more complexity than a base of stock.
sjg007 5y ago
I was thinking it was beef stock.

dustintrex 5y ago

Oddly, meat essences, particularly chicken essence, have found a new life in Asia, where they've been adopted into the pantheon of Chinese traditional medicine and are now considered essential (bad bum tssh) for hard-studying students. The market leader, Brands, was originally British. https://www.brandsworld.com.sg/en/about-us/history-and-heritage.html https://www.brandsworld.com.sg/en/about-us/history-and-herit...

dredmorbius 5y ago

Bouillion.