We wanted to know if enough tea was dumped in Boston harbor during the Boston tea party to turn the entire thing to tea. So we did some math.

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Sources:
https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/tea-blog/types-of-teas-destroyed
https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-destruction-of-the-tea
https://what-if.xkcd.com/79/
https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/vx/70wqar3d.pdf
http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/harbor/html/soh_7.htm
http://www.harbormasters.org/charts/13270_1.gif
https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-boston-tea-party
https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Tea-Party
https://www.seatemperature.org/north-america/united-states/boston-december.htm
https://drinks.seriouseats.com/2012/07/the-food-lab-the-truth-about-sun-tea-forget-the-sun-cold-brew-tea-is-better.html
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/92JC01429
http://www.northern-tea.com/blog/weights_of_tea_bags.asp

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