{"id":73201,"date":"2022-08-07T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=73201"},"modified":"2022-08-07T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T14:00:06","slug":"making-an-international-standard-cup-of-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/08\/07\/making-an-international-standard-cup-of-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Making an International Standard Cup of Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nAsrsMPftOI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tom Scott<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 9 Apr 2018<\/p>\n<p>As far as I can find, no-one has actually made a International Standard Cup of Tea &mdash; ISO 3103 or BS 6008 &mdash; for the internet before. Lots of people have talked about it, but that&#8217;s easy. Making one? That requires precision &#8230; and some specialist equipment.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy a professional tea tasting set from this Amazon UK affiliate link: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2qfbxyr\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2qfbxyr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Morag Hickman for letting me borrow her workshop for last-minute filming! She makes beautiful jewellery, like ring-keepers, dragon necklaces and rings that looks like ocean waves: <a href=\"https:\/\/etsy.com\/shop\/Errant\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/etsy.com\/shop\/Errant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Update: someone has found an earlier ISO cup of tea on the internet, as part of a German video on tea tasting: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=utwwkNkNgiM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=utwwk&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m at <a href=\"http:\/\/tomscott.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tomscott.com<\/a><br \/>\non Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott<\/a><br \/>\nand on Snapchat and Instagram as tomscottgo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-07-at-09-59-06-Making-an-International-Standard-Cup-of-Tea-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-07-at-09-59-06-Making-an-International-Standard-Cup-of-Tea-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-75513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-07-at-09-59-06-Making-an-International-Standard-Cup-of-Tea-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-07-at-09-59-06-Making-an-International-Standard-Cup-of-Tea-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-07-at-09-59-06-Making-an-International-Standard-Cup-of-Tea-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-07-at-09-59-06-Making-an-International-Standard-Cup-of-Tea-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Scott Published 9 Apr 2018 As far as I can find, no-one has actually made a International Standard Cup of Tea &mdash; ISO 3103 or BS 6008 &mdash; for the internet before. Lots of people have talked about it, but that&#8217;s easy. Making one? That requires precision &#8230; and some specialist equipment. 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