by forkyfork » Apr 16th 08 3:53 am
In the past, this is how tea boxes had worked:
It was tea only. No hardware of any sort. If anyone has a gaiwan, scale, thermometer, that's great. But it does add weight and that stuff can be breakable. Better just to skip.
All tea was included. Everything from supermarket bagged to super-rare loose tea. It was all here.
You put back in what you took out (but people would usually put back more). If you took 3 bags and about 2 oz. of tea, you should put back in 3 bags and 2 oz of comparable tea. It was a way to share tea with others and have others share tea with you.