- It took 2-1/2 hours for the rebels to toss the 340 chests of tea into the harbor. Each chest weighed 350 pounds.
- It was low tide so as the chests went overboard, the tea stacked up like hay. Men had to use rakes and boats to move it out into the sea.
- Nearly a quarter of the tea on the ships was green tea, either hyson or singlo.
- The customs man who was first faced with the decision about whether or not to accept the tea shipment was Sam Adams.
- Shipments of tea were also heading to other cities. A boat destined for New York was blown off course and ended up in Florida. It didn’t reach its destination until the spring of 1774.
