Bus stop, wet day, she's there I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus go, she stays love grows
Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella we employed it
By August she was mine
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Originally Posted by desertblues
I have no idea how much liters you all are drinking.....
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At home I drink my tea from a large tankard/stein. It holds one liter. I usually drink three or four of these during a normal week day, more on the weekends. But that's at home... I also drink ice tea with my lunch outside and that's another liter or two, then two hours sitting and reading in Starbucks (in the middle of my outside chores) drinking their iced tea. Unfortunately, we never really get to 'keep' all this tea...
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Originally Posted by Latinandgreek
I'm scared I'll miss the extra inch.
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What ever happened to 'size doesn't matter?'
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Originally Posted by beppe
BTW. after I had that gunpowder after lunch to day, about an hour after, i felt a nice tingling in my hands. So what? well I sort of remember old sensations ... than I had to go and get my train, and was very pleasantly surprised by my elastic steps, a new energy, like I felt quite well. Is gunpowder tea stimulating ?
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Many years ago someone told me that Imperial Gunpowder would have hallucinogenic affects, so of course I brewed up several very strong mugs of the stuff. My whole body was buzzing most uncomfortably and it was an experiment I never repeated. No hallucinations... just a LOT of caffeine!
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Most of my tea places recommend one teaspoon (3 grams) per 8 ounces (250 ml)of water.
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That makes a very good starting place. I think we also need to take into account the leaf size too. Some teas are a rather fine, almost powder, while others have large chunky leaves. A teaspoon of the powder would be a LOT more tea than a teaspoon of large leaves.
Then we need to adjust for individual tastes too. I like to make a stronger cup than my wife does. Where she might use a teaspoon, I might use two. (This is per normal sized tea cup, not my regular tankard.)
When I sit down to fill my tea bags, I use a large soup spoon. As an average, 3/4 of a rounded soup spoon is my starting point. Fine leaves get a bit less, large leaves get a full spoon. Sometimes this actually works.
Stitchawl