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12/19/04

> wrote:
>> Now, the problem is this: if I actually use 2 and 2/3 teacups'
>> worth of water (i.e. 16 oz, approx 500 mL), then the water
>> level comes almost all the way up the mesh of the infuser.
>> That's great. However, I usually want to brew EXACTLY 2 cups'
>> worth, i.e. 12 oz. If I pour in only 12 oz. of water, the
>> water definitely rises above the height of the *dry* leaves,
>> but the level is a little over an inch (1 1/8") shy of the
>> full height of the infuser basket: about 3 cm to be exact.
>
> Good god, man, tea isn't this complicated. Just get a small tea
> pot or a Japanese kyuusu. Maybe a mesh strainer for when you
> pour into the cups. That's it, that's all you need.
>
> --crymad

Crymad,

Can I impose upon your good nature, and that of your wife, and ask the full
meaning of the word "kyuusu"? I thought it was a word reserved for those
side handle things -- so the geisha can serve us without intrusion -- but
others it to be a thoroughly generic Japanese word for teapot. So, who's
right here? The extension questions: What is the Japanese word for
"teapot," and what is the Japanese word for side handled teapot?

Michael