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Tea Station

Now that we have completed some larger projects that take advantage of GPIO, it is time to revisit the coffee brewing example from Chapter 2 to enhance it for use in brewing delicate tea leaves. While water temperature for brewing coffee is important, it is even more important for brewing tea because tea is more sensitive to temperature, requiring different temperatures based on the type of leaves you are brewing. Also, to brew the equivalent amount of tea and coffee, the weight of the dried tea leaves is much lighter than that of the coffee grounds, requiring more precise weight measurement of the tea leaves.

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