| Show U U. S. S Drinks Billions of Cups of Tea Each Year but Brewing Is a Fine Art There are very few household concoctions which ure are more fa familiar familiar fa- fa to the American housewife than tea and a great standing joke is that the femat newlywed at least knows how to make a cup of tea But that particular newlywed joke simply does not apply today asserts a writer to in the Detroit News The fact remains remains remains-or or has just been undeniably established that established that too few of even the kitchens kitchen's old- old timers let alone the lace youngsters have ever permitted either cither swain husband or guest to savor the insides of of a rich honest- honest tog goodness to-goodness cup of tea The inhabitants of the United States drink some 19 billion cups of tea each year In order to determine determine determine deter deter- mine how that vast sea of vintage beverage is consumed a sec cross tion survey involving personal interviews interviews interviews in in- with housewives in five representative states has recently recently recently re re- re- re been conducted by a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York firm In essence the survey found that eight out of ten people were te tea tea- drinkers but that four out of five tea drinkers were literally throwing the tea away drinking instead a amere amere amere mere shadow of what they started to make or might have had or wanted to drink The proper r cipe for a good balanced balanced balanced bal bal- cup of tea according to American tea experts is one measured measured measured meas meas- teaspoon for each cup with a full minute five brew The survey revealed th that t house house- wives were either using far tar too little tea or they were vere brewing it for so short a time that not the tea drink er but the sink was being granted the benefits of the essential oils and vitalizing factors in the tile teacup |
