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Default Worm Dropping Puerh?

Michael Plant wrote:
> stePH, I've yet to get the brick, tuo, or bing that was exactly the
> advertised weight. This includes some damned old cakes. I chalk it up to
> variation unless I'm buying a small number of grams.


My wife wonders if it's not because there's some moisture in the tea at
the time of pressing, that later evaporates out and makes the gross
weight of the tea lighter. I weighed the other three bricks and they
were all between 5 and 7 grams light. Is she on to something?


stePH
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I'll brew another pot of ambiguity.