While intrepidly exploring rec.food.drink.tea, Alex S. rolled
initiative and posted the following:

> Ok, first of all, I live in Canada. I usually have loose tea but
> occasionaly I have Tetley. When I buy Tetley bags, they are
> called "two cup premium tea bags". So what I usually do is put
> two in my four-cup tea pot, and brew for four minutes. Would I
> acheive the same effect if I put it in a one-cup mug and brewed
> for 2 minutes? What should I do? Any help is greatly
> appreceated.

I make all of my tea based on what it would take to make one cup.
Everything larger is simply in multiples - 2x the water, 2x the
tea...

...except when I'm making iced tea from loose. In that case,
I make the tea doubly strong as it will get diluted when being
shaken with the ice.

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Derek

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