1892 Drinks of the world

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tea put Into it before the addition of the water, which sho.uld Just have come to the boil, and not have been boiHng for any length of time. After standing about three minutes it should be ready for drinking. No second water should be used. A sufficiently large teapot, or teapots, should be provided, and if the quantity required exceeds the supply, then fresh tea should be made. Tea drinking has been stigmatised by some as slow poisoning ; and in one of Hood's works we are treated to a pictorial representation of " Sloe poison."

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