As part of the cactus plant, the prickly pear is a fruit that is 2 to 4 inches long and shaped like an avocado. Its skin is coarse and thick, not unlike an avocados and it ranges in color from yellow or orange to magenta or red. Tubercles with small prickly spines can be found on the prickly pear's skin.dible cactus is available year-round with a peak in the mid-spring and the best season from early spring through late fall. When buying edible cactus, choose small, firm, pale green cacti with no wrinkling. Be sure to pick cacti that are not limp or dry.
Loose whole leaf artisan-crafted teas: about 8o% of good grade teas cost 25-40 cents a cup. Premium ones are 50 cents and rare and special ones can cost as much as $2 a cup â or 50 cents. The relative cost figures are disguised by the multiple units that tea is sold in which so often make the unit price look intimidatingly high â and the tea bag comparative ones deceptively low.
At first glance, loose leaf tea seems more expensive because the price of the bag on the shelf may be $8, and you know at the grocery store there are boxes of tea for $2.50. The box of tea at the grocery store probably has 20 bags of tea, about 12.5Â¢ per cup of tea. The loose leaf tea says 3 oz. As we will discuss below, the rule is to use 2 grams of loose-leaf tea per cup. There are about 85 grams in 3 oz, so there are 42.5 cups of tea in a 3 oz. loose-leaf package. The loose-leaf will be around 19Â¢ per cup of tea, just 5Â¢ more for much better quality. The only thing to stop you now is the convenience of tea bags.