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ISO 3103
ISO 3103 is the ISO standard (with BS 6008:1980 as its British origin) specifying how to brew tea liquor for sensory tests: 2 g per 100 ml, boiling water, 6 minutes for black tea, standardized porcelain pots, bowls, and milk handling.
Samovar (самовар)
The samovar (самовар) is a heated metal urn used in Russia and neighboring countries to boil water and keep it hot for tea, first recorded in 1746.
Sweet tea
Sweet tea: black iced tea sweetened with sugar while brewing, a Southern US staple. Oldest printed recipe 1879; 1904 World's Fair invention story is legend; about 7 teaspoons sugar per 12 oz.
Tea bag
Tea bag (also tea filter): small permeable pouch of filter paper or mesh holding 2–3 g of tea for single-cup brewing. Invented in 1901 prototype (Lawson–Molaren), popularized by Sullivan 1908; 96% of UK tea market by 2007.