Tea-pad

Tea-pad Historically, a place where people gathered to smoke marijuana. The site could be anything from a rented room to a hotel suite (Chapter 11). 

Most of the marihuana users in the city lived around 110th Street and Fifth Avenue, with some spillover into the Broadway area above 42nd Street. Hundreds of marihuana dens were said to be flourishing in Harlem. Some estimated that there were more "tea pads" than there had been speakeasies at the height of Prohibition. 

The "tea pads" were rooms or apartments located throughout Harlem. These were the speakeasies or social clubs of the marihuana aficionado, places where one could relax and talk with strangers or friends, over a "reefer", sanctuaries wherein one could escape the realities of the outside world for a moment. The ambience was always one of peace and tranquillity. Any sign of belligerence was squelched immediately the patron either relaxed or he was forcibly ejected. 

Each "tea pad" was furnished in line with the clientele it served. Usually there was a radio, a record player, or a jukebox to entertain the customers. The furniture was comfortable and soft, the lighting dim. Burning incense mingled and flirted with marihuana smoke. The walls were typically covered with lewd pictures, but rarely was sex offered on the premises. 

A facial steam can help you put your best face forward. To deeply clean the pores of dry or irritated skin, boil a pot of water, remove from the heat and add a generous handful of elder blossoms. Stir and place on a padded countertop. Drape a towel over your head and gently lean close to the steaming tea to sweat out grime, imbedded oil and your make-up. Deeply breathe the lovely aroma as you clean your skin. After about five minutes, splash your face with cool water. This is also a beneficial remedy for acne. 

Chen et al. (1997a) analysed sodium saccharin in soft drinks, orange juice and lemon tea after filtration by injection into an ion-exclusion column with detection at 202 nm. Recoveries of 98-104% were obtained. They reported that common organic acids like citric and malic and other sweeteners did not interfere. Qu et al. (1999) determined aspartame in fruit juices, after degassing and dilution in water, by IC-PAD. The decomposition products of aspartame, aspartic acid and phenylanaline were separated and other sweeteners did not interfere. The recoveries of added aspartame were 77-94%. Chen et al. (1997b) separated and determined four artificial sweeteners and citric acid. 

To a stirred soln of 6-nitro-l/7-benzotriazole (630 mg, 3.5 mmol), iVA -di(tert-butoxycarbonyl)thiourea (980 mg, 3.5 mmol) and TEA (1.62 mL, 11.55 mmol) in dry DMF (12 mL) at 0°C was added HgQ2 (1.045 g, 3.85 mmol). After 4h at rt, the reaction was concentrated under reduced pressure, diluted with EtOAc (lOOmL), and filtered through a Celite pad. The filtrate was washed with H2O (20mL), 5% aq Na2C03 (20 mL), H2O (20 mL), brine (20 mL), and dried (Na2S04). The solvent was removed and the product was purified by flash chromatography (90 g silica gel, hexane/tert-butyl methylether 3 1) and crystallized from fert-butyl methylether/hexane yield 700mg (50%) mp 126-128°C. 

You simmer a pad of soapless steel wool in vinegar for a few minutes. Then you remove the pad and add a little hydrogen peroxide. Finally, you pour this solution into a cup of tea. What happens next, and what have you made ... 

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