There is no right answer. It's your tastebuds. I've never used a
scale in my life except the last time I went to a herbal store and
bought some flowers. My hands were a nervous wreck making the minimum
1/2 oz. A ballpark tea figure I remember 1g/3oz. 240ml/8oz. The
biggest secret in tea, a little goes a long ways. There's not that
much difference between a strong cup and a weak cup except for
gunpowder and then you can't make it weak enough.

Jim

"magnulus" > wrote in message t>...
> I got one of these digital scales today at a kitchen store. I don't know
> how accurate the scale is- I drop a writing pen on the scale and it says 18
> grams, and a plastic spoon is 3 grams, so I guess it's accurate enough (it
> also has a tare feature, so I can leave a bowl on top and measure with tea
> in it).
>
> I've been making 2.5 grams per 6 ounces of water (how many mililiters is
> that?) with Longjing, brewing using cool 140 degree water for about 1 1/2
> minutes. Well, I measured out two cups worth of tea (about 5 grams), and MY
> GOD THAT"S ALOT OF TEA. More than the two heaping teaspoons I usually use.
> I measured it out into a a tablespoon, and it makes about a heaping
> tablespoon.
>
> So... about how many grams of tea per cup should a person use?