Yes, in tea parlance, a cup is 6 oz. Therefore, the capacity of a 4-cup pot
is at least 24 oz., not 32.

The 6 oz cup also applies to coffee. The other 2 oz of the standard 8 oz
measure isn't used to allow the addition of milk to the cup.

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"Falky foo" > wrote in message
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> Well whatever you say, but in that case the 4-cup pot easily holds 5 cups.
> (30+ oz.)
>
>
> "Natarajan Krishnaswami" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article > , Falky foo
> wrote:
> > > Hello, somebody was asking about the actual capacity of a 4-cup
standard
> > > (not bone-china) Chatsford tea pot from Upton. I just received mine
> and,
> > > with the infuser basket in, it's a shade shy of 32 oz. Filled to the
> very
> > > brim it's about 31 oz. Just under 4 cups.
> >
> > For teapots, a "cup" is 6oz. E.g., water reaches the bottom of
> > infuser notch on my 8-cup Chatsford with six 8oz cups of water. It
> > probably could hold (at least) another 8oz if I didn't use the infuser
> > basket.
> >
> > (This is probably obvious, but if you fill a Chatsford past the bottom
> > of the notch in the infuser's rim, leaves can escape the infuser.)
> >
> >
> > N.
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>