decoction
Example Sentences
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It takes about 10 minutes for the decoction to percolate into the glass below.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2023
At-the-ready decoction is a thrilling convenience, even for someone like me who carries her filter everywhere she goes.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2020
"Stocking your fridge with decoction means freeing up time, while still savoring a super fresh, small-batch brew," she says.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2020
The Chronicle vowed "to tell the truth about breakfasts of stale bread and rancid butterine, the watery tea, the pallid chicory decoction which serves for coffee, the crowded, dingy, and ill-ventilated dormitories".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2014
She poured the decoction into a beaker and let it stand, and only then turned her full attention to the waking girl.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
