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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."
J..
A.