wellpresseddaisy | (no subject)

This is like, the pettiest thing on the planet, but it drives me bonkers when people put together an aesthetic Slytherin moodboard and there’s an image of a teacup with milky tea in it WITH A TEABAG STILL IN THE CUP.

Who in the hell leaves a teabag in the cup that long? And a teacup, too! Teabags aren’t meant for that size cup unless you enjoy tasting only tannins and sadness.

You do not want to taste only tannins and sadness.

And I don’t think the WW even has teabag technology, potentially.

Posh tea, like the kind Slytherins drink (and you know those posh bedsteads still ask each other if they’d like China tea or Indian) is loose leaf, brewed in a warmed pot for no more than 5 minutes (tannins and sadness, remember). It is served in those lovely cups with or without milk (possibly with a thin slice of lemon if we’re feeling extra fancy or cherry preserves if we’re having a Russian sort of day), sometimes with extra hot water available if you have a weak constitution and can’t handle properly brewed tea.

Half the time the kind of tea they would drink doesn’t even need milk.

Just, no teabags.

Also, most teabags in England don’t have strings. You fish them out with a spoon or your fingers (there’s a reason I have asbestos fingertips at this point in my life) like God intended.

Hermione Granger once terrorized the entire Great Hall by drinking 10 cups of Yorkshire Gold (strong enough to trot a mouse on!) before an exam. Dean Thomas was fairly certain she could see into a different dimension