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Duffus's Tea Goes Green
Duffus Mcclutski drank a lot of tea and enjoyed collecting teas from all around the world. But Duffus, not wanting to waste any tea, collected the bags after he used them, which posed a little problem as soggy tea bags don't keep well, so he placed them in his basement to dry. But when he went to organize them he forgot what was what, and, wanting to show off his famous Chinese green tea, needed to figure it out before his guests arrived. He had 6 piles, each from a different country: Canada, England, China, Jamaica, India, and the U.S.
Pile A had 2 round and 2 square bags.
Pile B had 4 double folded bags with fuzzy green mould string and tags.
Pile C had 1155 double folded bags with tags string and enough mould to supply a large hospital with penicillin.
Pile D had 2 double folded bags.
Pile E had 1 new unused double folded bag.
Pile F had 10 round and 20 double folded bags with blue slime mould.
- Most of the tea Duffus drank came from England thus leaving the most used bags.
- Canadian tea came in two shapes.
- The tea from India tasted so bad that Duffus burned it as incense rather than drink it. He kept only 1 bag for his collection.
- The Jamaican tea had tags so Duffus knew which they were.
- Duffus remembered that the green tea came in double folded bags
- Duffus also recalled being told that Canadian tea would not go mouldy because the igloos in which the tea was bagged was too cold for mould spores to exist. (Remember he's named Duffus)
- The U.S tea, however, did go mouldy.
So which pile is the Chinese green tea in?
Pile A had 2 round and 2 square bags.
Pile B had 4 double folded bags with fuzzy green mould string and tags.
Pile C had 1155 double folded bags with tags string and enough mould to supply a large hospital with penicillin.
Pile D had 2 double folded bags.
Pile E had 1 new unused double folded bag.
Pile F had 10 round and 20 double folded bags with blue slime mould.
- Most of the tea Duffus drank came from England thus leaving the most used bags.
- Canadian tea came in two shapes.
- The tea from India tasted so bad that Duffus burned it as incense rather than drink it. He kept only 1 bag for his collection.
- The Jamaican tea had tags so Duffus knew which they were.
- Duffus remembered that the green tea came in double folded bags
- Duffus also recalled being told that Canadian tea would not go mouldy because the igloos in which the tea was bagged was too cold for mould spores to exist. (Remember he's named Duffus)
- The U.S tea, however, did go mouldy.
So which pile is the Chinese green tea in?
Answer
Pile D had the green tea bags.A= Canada / had 2 round and 2 square bags no mould / Canadian tea came in two shapes / Canadian tea would not go mouldy.
B= Jamaica / had 4 double folded bags with fuzzy green mould string and tags / tea had tags so Duffus knew which they were/ this is the only other tea with tags other than England.
C= England / had 1155 double folded bags/ Most of the tea Duffus drank came from England thus leaving the most used bags.
D= China / had 2 double folded bags (no mould) / green tea came in double folded bags/
E= India / had 1 new unused double folded bag / tea from India tasted so bad that Duffus burned it as incense rather than drink it. He kept only 1 bag for his collection.
F= U.S / had 10 round and 20 double folded bags with blue slime mould. / U.S tea, however, did go mouldy.
So the only tea in double folded bags that didn't go mouldy was in pile D
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