[Sca-cooks] OT: Question about teapots

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 11:11 AM 10/19/2005, you wrote:
>I'm thinking about buying a tea pot for someone (not on the list) for 
>Christmas.  I was thinking about one of the nice Japanese iron tea pots
>and I'm having a problem between what I think the pot should hold versus 
>what the ones I have seen hold.  This brought up a question for me.
>In your opinion, among the tea drinkers of the list, how much tea (in 
>cups?  mugs? oz?) SHOULD a tea pot hold?
>
>Curious,
>
>Orla

Depends, of course. Many of them say '4 cups' when it's actually 4 weeny 
teeny cups, and turns out maybe 2 1/2 mugs' worth of tea. Personally, I 
think that 4 mugs' worth is about right, but then I'm fueled by a 
pekoe/Assam blend, so...

'Lainie
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