19-12-2011, 06:36 PM
(18-12-2011, 08:21 PM)Isabelle Wrote: Hi Nila,
I take 4.5 g (4,500 mg) of dried Goat's rue herb a day.
I drink 3 cups of 200 ml tea each.
I put 1,500 mg in one cup. My goat's rue is chopped, dried herb, so 1,500 mg is about one egg spoon, or three teaspoons.
I have a 200 ml porcelain Chinese tea pot, about the size of a coffee mug. In it sits a porcelain tea strainer like this one:
http://langelijs.wordpress.com/2011/04/0...l-theepot/
The whole set looks like this:
http://www.natashascafe.com/html/chinese...asses.html
http://www.teagarden.com/tea-cup-double-...r-680.html
Because of the lid, the tea stays warm for 20 minutes, which is what it takes to draw tea from an almost woody herb like goat's rue. The mug is 200 ml, so it's the perfect size to make one fresh cup three times a day. The herb fills about 1/4 of the strainer.
Thanks for the info, Isabelle.
Unfortunately, my goats rue is in powder form, so I have to figure out another way to measure it.
I also considered buying a tea mug. The stores had it from $20 and up. But I decided against it because my goats rue is so fine, I figured it would pass through the holes. So I went for refillable tea bags (100 bags for $4.99)
I like the barnes and nobles mug you posted and the price is pretty decent. So I might get that anyway.