Instructions:
1.Put contents into a pot containing 5 bowls of water.
2.After boiling, turn to mild flame and boil it until 3 bowls of water left.
How much energy at least is required to prepare the herbal tea according to the above instructions? You may assume that room temperature and mass of 1 bowl of water are 20 C and 150 g respectively.
(Given: Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 J kg–1 C–1;
Specific latent heat of vaporization of water = 2.26 106 J kg–1)