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From: peters@cubsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: More on tea
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Date: Sun, 15-Apr-84 14:06:27 EST
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Why should pre-heating the teapot prevent cracks in porcelain?

It seems to me that if boiling water is going to crack a cold pot, it
will do so *either* if there are tea leaves in it (no preheating)
or if there are not (preheating).

Anyway, I don't think any porcelain or china will be cracked by boiling
water (at least for vessels the size and thickness of teapots and teacups).

{philabs,cmcl2!rocky2}!cubsvax!peters            Peter S. Shenkin 
Dept of Biol. Sci.;  Columbia Univ.;  New York, N. Y.  10027;  212-280-5517
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