Q1.
You must have seen tea being prepared at your home. How much water and milk do we need to make 2 cups of tea? Do we need 1 l of water to make 2 cups of tea? Is 500 ml of water enough for 2 cups of tea?
Answer
No, we do not need 1 litre. Yes, 500 ml is more than enough.
- Start with one cup. A tea cup at home holds about 150 ml.
- Two cups therefore hold about 150 + 150 = 300 ml of tea in all.
- That 300 ml is water and milk together. A common mix is about 200 ml water and 100 ml milk.
- Compare with 1 litre. 1 l = 1,000 ml, and we need only about 200 ml of water. So 1 litre is far too much.
- Compare with 500 ml. 500 ml is more than 200 ml, so yes, it is enough — with plenty left over.
1 cup ≈ 150 ml
2 cups ≈ 300 ml of tea
Water needed ≈ 200 ml, milk ≈ 100 ml
1 l = 1,000 ml → far too much
500 ml > 200 ml → enough
2 cups ≈ 300 ml of tea
Water needed ≈ 200 ml, milk ≈ 100 ml
1 l = 1,000 ml → far too much
500 ml > 200 ml → enough
Sample answer: “For 2 cups of tea we need about 200 ml of water and about 100 ml of milk. We do not need 1 litre of water — that would make about 6 or 7 cups. 500 ml of water is more than enough for 2 cups.”
Check it yourself: At home, fill a tea cup with water and then pour that water into an empty 1 litre bottle. Count how many cupfuls fill the bottle. You will need about six or seven — which shows one cup is about 150 ml.