Digital Tea Scales

[beecrofter]

Don't spend much more than you would on lunch for a scale because it will soon be an unused appliance gathering dust.
Weigh a few samples and see what 5 grams LOOKS like or 8 grams or 3 grams based on your style of preparation. After that the scale is just a distraction.

Tom

[Chip]

Don't spend much more than you would on lunch for a scale because it will soon be an unused appliance gathering dust.
Weigh a few samples and see what 5 grams LOOKS like or 8 grams or 3 grams based on your style of preparation. After that the scale is just a distraction.

Tom

... in your humble opinion I am sure. I weigh at the very beginning of the preparation, then forget it. It would be more of a distraction for me if I used too little leaf or too much.

I use mine each day ...
What can I say.

I enjoy the weighing process ...
And enjoy observing the leaves.

Each tea is different ...
Though I am much less apt to weigh anything but Japanese teas.

However, like how you determine how much leaf to use ...
And determine how much leaf you use as you like.

[Chip]

I'm getting a vision of Chip donning microscope glasses and fishing individual leaves and pieces off of the scale's tray using a pair of hemostats, all while wearing a contorted facial expression of extreme concentration...

Well, truth be told, I think it is easier for me to weigh versus the alternative of eyeballing it. And this does help satisfy the mad TeaScientist in me!

[Dresden]

I, like Chip, use mine every single day. (OCD )

[kasey]

I found one on ebay for just over $10 including shipping. And it's sensitive to 1/100th of an inch. So keep looking.

[Chip]

I found one on ebay for just over $10 including shipping. And it's sensitive to 1/100th of an inch. So keep looking.

I am assuming you mean, "1/100th of a gram"?

[kasey]

Oops. Yup, Chip.