David's perfect teaspoon...
I’m trying to figure out how many “actual” teaspoons it is, since it’s certainly larger than an actual teaspoon. I’ve been looking around online, and david’s tea on facebook says it’s 2.5 tsp, but the employee at dT that I just spoke to on the phone said it was 1.5 tsp (to be clear, I’m talking about the spoon that is for the cup, and not for a teapot). Does anyone know for sure what the capacity of the spoon is? I wouldn’t ordinarily be this obsessive (ok fine I would be—who am I kidding), and I’ll continue to use it to measure out tea to myself for the sake of consistency, but it would be nice to know how it compares to the teaspoons as indicated on many tea packages.
Thanks!
I’ve been using the David’s perfect teaspoon for almost a year now. It is almost identical in size to a tablespoon, so I’d say 2.5 tsp is probably more accurate. I filled up a tablespoon with water then poured it into the perfect teaspoon to compare.
I’m pretty sure the measurements recommended by David’s are actual teaspoons. I usually make 16 oz. of tea at a time, so I go a little under one perfect teaspoon for black teas and a little over for rooibos/herbal.
Hmmm, I wonder why there’s so much disagreement about its capacity. It did seem rather deep to me, so I’m inclined to agree that 2.5 tsp might be more accurate, but then the people at the store said they were certain it’s a teaspoon and a half. I like my tea strong regardless, so I always start with a full perfect teaspoon as a default, and then adjust up or down depending on taste. I just find it interesting, because it pretty much renders a lot of steeping amounts meaningless if you don’t really know how much your measuring spoon holds!
I think it depends on what type of tea you are measuring too. 1 tsp of CTC Assam is going to be much more tea than 1 tsp of full leaf white tea, due to size and bulk. I use a 1 tsp to measure all my teas but just adjust the amount to type of tea and taste.
Interesting… I always assumed that the David’s perfect tea spoon was identical to the “perfect tea spoons” that get sold by almost everyone else (including Teavana), which all look like this: http://www.arborteas.com/one-cup-of-perfect-tea-spoon.html
But looking at the DavidsTeas site it is definitely different. I don’t see cup-vs-pot spoons on their site, either.
The other perfect tea spoons are indeed 1.5tsp, so that is probably where the confusion is coming from.
At my local DT they have advised it’s 2.5 tsp. I am inclined to believe this, as their cups are larger than a typical mug. I use one perfect tea spoon full for my perfect tea mug also from DT and it’s the perfect amount!
When I bought mine I was told it is 1.5 baking teaspoons.
I just measured Lemon Myrtle (smallish herbal) with my baking spoons and my perfect spoon and it came out to more like 2 tsp.
If I were using eating teaspoons it would be different again. Complicated!
LOL wow.
So I guess the moral of the story is that we don’t really ever know how much is in any given teaspoon, because there are those of the eating, teea, and baking varieties. But like I said, I did think the DT spoon was rather large, so perhaps 2.5 tsp is accurate.
I think they actually changed the size of the spoon a little while ago. I bought mine (it came in a starter set) nearly two years ago and I’m fairly certain it was listed as 1.5 tsp. I also compared it to baking teaspoons and confirmed that it was 1.5 tsp because I’m obsessive like that :)
For that amount of leaves, it’s supposed to be used with 8 oz (1 cup) of water. They now say “one perfect spoonful for one perfect mug” which is 12 oz, so it would make sense that they made the spoon larger, even if the measurement doesn’t match up exactly.
I just checked mine, purchased… 2011? It holds 2 to 2.5tsp. Sounds wacky, but measured in water, 2.5 to the brim. 2 when I used flour and leveled.
I imagine there is quite a bit of error with tea due to air and leaf size.
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