Turning the Boston Harbor into Actual Tea

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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