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Ok on the discussion of tea, what do we think of reusing the teabag?
I happily will reuse it if I haven't steeped it enough. But the flavour does tend to die and you're left with a mug of hot water.
Also thoughts on drinking tea from a glass? Had a relative visit who moved to the UK some years ago and she would drink tea in a double-walled glass mug. I have never seen anyone do such a thing.
Reusing the teabag is a crime against Nature. Also, the tannins have developed out on the first soaking, and all the theine and caffeine has been extracted. All you get on the second soak is colour and tannin. This applies to real tea, not herbal for which I prefer to use the term 'tisane'.
On a side note (for the barf factor) a couple I was friendly with some years ago went to Korea as Christian missionaries. They were supported by a few congregations in the south of the USA. One congregation sent them a packet of tea bags which had been used only on the left hand side (they explained in a letter that accompanied the teabags). They did this as an exercise in Christian self denial and sharing with the less fortunate. The fact that the tea bags had gone thoroughly mouldy by the time they reached Korea was not an issue that mattered to them. In spite of the postage. As an example of utterly useless performative self abnegation, this just can't be beat imo. They hurt themselves, and the end result was utterly useless to anyone else.
Yes, I use a double walled glass mug for tea. Holds the tea at the right temperature for the whole mugful and I thoroughly approve of such tea mugs. You can buy them in Kmart.
That's wild. Why would they send that overseas
I am not privy to their thought processes, or lack thereof. Imo this stands as the most selfish thing I'd ever come across until tiktok gymfluencers happened.