A standard teaspoon?
The amount of tea you are supposed to use for brewing is usually measured by teaspoon (if they don't come pre-measured in tea bags). My loose leaf teas say to use one teaspoon of leaves for 6 oz of water. Since I normally brew in 18 oz incraments, I use a tablespoon of tea (3 teaspoons). The reality is that the shape and size of the tea leaves really change how much tea will fit in a tablespoon. In fact the shape of the tablespoon makes a difference how much tea will fit in it. The way to get around that is to buy a tea scale. Yes, I bought more tea parafanalia, but in the name of science, and good tea brewing, and... yeah, I have an obsession with good tea. I decided to try an experiment. I have an oblong tablespoon, and a round tablespoon. I decided to see what the difference was scooping a large, elongated tea leaf versus smaller, more compact leaves. There were several surprises. I started out with my snow dragon tea. This is a pan fired Chinese tea. The leaves are processed t...