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tea drinkers emptied their undrunk, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea. It is generally believed that before teapots became a standard item tea was made by pouring hot water directly in the cups with the dish as a small lid while brewing. When you were finished drinking you poured the leafs into one of these bowls. They were anyway a standard part of the early tea sets. Some people would date it back to before 1730. Cited from http://www.gotheborg.com/index1.htm?http://www.gotheborg.com/qa/chinese_imari_bowl.shtml
Quill 22:03, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
