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Michael Plant

3/5/06

> 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

It's been said, and I think she's essentially right. Evaporation is a major
contributor, and would explain why the wait seldom varies upward.
Michael