the thought "coffee is tea" entered my head unbidden and i had to make the whole alignment chart in order to banish it
@chr Sadly, for bathwater to qualify we would need to extend the chart
@chr finally the “hot bean juice” vs “hot leaf juice” debate has been settled! 🤣
@chr I would brew coffee and tea in cold or hot water. Never in boiling water.
@chr Since it's made from corn syrup, by the bottom-right definition, Mountain Dew is also tea
@matt @chr well hey, at least it’s not a sandwich
@chr meanwhile I'm off the chart in an extension having a mug of chicken broth for tea
@chr GOD NO
TEA TREA OIL IN YOUR MOUTH, *gags* NO. NEVER. I DON'T WANT TO SUFFER TAURIFIC FATE
@chr please do not drink tea tree oil ;-;
@chr i would count herbal tea, green/black/white tea, and matcha as tea personally. i'm not sure what infused water is exactly
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@chr this chart shouldn't have "tea tree oil is tea" in the column "must be made from Camilla sinensis" because tea tree oil is not made from Camilla sinensis it is made from Melaleuca alternifolia. Completely unrelated.
@chr I'm straight in the middle of this chart
@chr QC here, can confirm maybe syrup is a perfectly suitable drink :) (joke)

@chr ok hear me out, if we're going with the logic of the bottom right corner:

*Is gasoline tea?*

It's made from plant matter, and it is to some definition "drinkable". If not then moonshine is still definitely tea so there's very likely an overlap in the two categories of "can run your car" and "technically tea"

@Plan_A_to_Y @chr Yep. Oil is tea (according to the bottom right).

@chr

Posts that would kill a british person immediately. In fact I'm writing this reply from the afterlife

@chr coffee is emo cherry juice
@chr I do love how many people piped in with "uhhh please do not drink tea tree oil, also it is NOT made from camellia sinensis"

but also, yeah.
@chr Coffee leaf tea or kuti is an actual thing and actually predates using the beans. This is a very funny chart, btw.
@chr @janeadams wait, Tea Tree oil comes from camellia sinensis??
@chr ... would not want to drink tea tree oil, but I guess it's not an impossibility!

@chr Thank you! This is something that comes up occasionally in my circle. (Or maybe it might be just me.)

Now I have a chart to show!