Enlighten me 
I'm bored.
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All Seeing Eye
Admiral
You can't have a cup of tea without a tea bag.
Or a cup.
I can't believe I forgot about the water 
What about loose tea? In one of those tea-ball gizmos?
Or even floating loose in the cup - people in Antrim, Northern Ireland drink their tea that way, I almost asked for another cup at a wedding one time before I realised that it wasn't a mistake, they all had their tea leaves floating in the tea.
Or even floating loose in the cup - people in Antrim, Northern Ireland drink their tea that way, I almost asked for another cup at a wedding one time before I realised that it wasn't a mistake, they all had their tea leaves floating in the tea.
All Seeing Eye
Admiral
That's not proper tea because Tea leaves are poisonous (i'm gobsmacked they drink tea with tea leaves floating in it
), the only way to not end up with tea leaves in the cup is to use a tea bag.
I highly doubt steeped tea leaves are poisonous... any toxins present would more than likely have leached into the tea itself. Sounds like an old wives' tale to me, though I haven't bothered to research it. Now, some of the Chinese herbal remedies that call themselves "tea", yeah I can suspect some of the contents might have high enough concentrations of pretty potent stuff in the seeds/roots that wouldn't normally leach out, and that you would not want to be eating them by accident.
Anyway, a friend of mine brews loose leaf tea without a pot/strainer or whatever, and besides occasionally needing to pick a stray leaf out of the way, it's no problem at all (the leaves sink to the bottom of the cup). Never done me any harm. I did double-take the first time they made me a cuppa though!
Oh, and if you've ever drunk powdered matcha green tea (the stuff that's generally drunk at a Tea Ceremony and quite nice it is too) then you've eaten tea leaves anyway and survived to tell the tale.
Anyway, a friend of mine brews loose leaf tea without a pot/strainer or whatever, and besides occasionally needing to pick a stray leaf out of the way, it's no problem at all (the leaves sink to the bottom of the cup). Never done me any harm. I did double-take the first time they made me a cuppa though!
Oh, and if you've ever drunk powdered matcha green tea (the stuff that's generally drunk at a Tea Ceremony and quite nice it is too) then you've eaten tea leaves anyway and survived to tell the tale.
Plecostomus
Commodore
Enlighten me
It's harder to roller-skate in the snow than it is to ride a bicycle in a pond.
Only anarchists drink herbal and loose-leaf tea, as all proper tea is theft. 
Only anarchists drink herbal and loose-leaf tea, as all proper tea is theft.
You need to die. Slowly.
Six out of seven dwarfs are not happy either.
Plecostomus
Commodore
Everything tastes better with activated carbon mixed in.
All Seeing Eye
Admiral
I've just ripped open a tea bag and swallowed it's contents, I am now suffering a high fever, i'm getting excruciating stomach pains, I feel like i've got a river of melted chocolate up my rectum and i'm starting to get hallucinations that there's a flying panda with wings circling the living room throwing after eight mints at me.
I swear to god i've been poisoned. I think I need an ambulance.
I swear to god i've been poisoned. I think I need an ambulance.
^^ Tea bagging is definitely something that needs careful supervision.
All Seeing Eye
Admiral
I blame Holdfast, he's the one who made me do this, to prove tea leaves are poisonous, now I could be dying.
Ravescene's Rule #316: Never listen to Holdfast.
I blame Holdfast, he's the one who made me do this, to prove tea leaves are poisonous, now I could be dying.
But seriously, if it makes you very unwell indeed, I'd recommending heading over to your nearest A&E to give the doctors there something to do on a quiet Saturday night.
All Seeing Eye
Admiral
gEtEting daark cannt seee anuymore, neeeed huelp
