fanf42Mar 28
▽ some dragns
the thought "coffee is tea" entered my head unbidden and i had to make the whole alignment chart in order to banish it
Jan 11, 2021 at 7:34amWeb
Show threadvx. redgrave, maid of mindJan 11, 2021
@chr delicious bean tea
Show threadRockarioJan 11, 2021
@chr Sadly, for bathwater to qualify we would need to extend the chart
Show threadShyra “Tech” Ambrosia Jan 11, 2021
@chr finally the “hot bean juice” vs “hot leaf juice” debate has been settled! 🤣
Show threadeviloatmealJan 11, 2021
@chr I would brew coffee and tea in cold or hot water. Never in boiling water.
Show threadm;bluelanderJan 11, 2021
@chr Since it's made from corn syrup, by the bottom-right definition, Mountain Dew is also tea
Show thread[Ted]  Ted Hart-Davis  Jan 11, 2021
@matt @chr well hey, at least it’s not a sandwich
Show threadMycroft 🍊​🐰🐰Jan 11, 2021
@chr meanwhile I'm off the chart in an extension having a mug of chicken broth for tea
Show threadMel  🛸👽🌵Jan 25, 2021
@chr GOD NO
TEA TREA OIL IN YOUR MOUTH, *gags* NO. NEVER. I DON'T WANT TO SUFFER TAURIFIC FATE
Show threadAster Cybercoochie 3088Apr 17, 2021
@chr please do not drink tea tree oil ;-;
Show threadthe Hearth Feb 5, 2022
@chr i would count herbal tea, green/black/white tea, and matcha as tea personally. i'm not sure what infused water is exactly
-F
Show threadSkyler (Star Group) 🐱       Feb 5, 2022
@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.
Show threadeichkat3r zieht umFeb 5, 2022
@chr i'm team maple syrup
Show threadCysio ​Mar 27
@chr I'm straight in the middle of this chart
Show threadSeaside FountainMar 27
@chr QC here, can confirm maybe syrup is a perfectly suitable drink :) (joke)
Show threadSkookumchickMar 29
@8bitdemongirl What do you think of whisky with maple, like Sortilège? As a Westerner I like it on rocks or ice cream but whisky purists are prob horrified.
Show threadSeaside FountainMar 29
@Canuckduff Honestly, I have little idea, since I don't drink alcoholic stuff; I'd assume it's sweeter than normal but I don't know how whisky normally tastes
Show threadSkookumchickMar 29
@8bitdemongirl Fair.
Show threadSam ClementeMar 27
@chr Now is tea soup?
Show thread Ned HairstonMar 29
@countablenewt @chr Not unless you drink it leaves and all. But it may be broth.
Show threadPlan A to YMar 27

@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"

Show threadMichael GemarMar 28
@Plan_A_to_Y @chr Yep. Oil is tea (according to the bottom right).
Show threadIcilMar 27

@chr

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

Show thread食 Shoku the UmbreonMar 28
@chr coffee is emo cherry juice
Show thread Passoca Witch  Mar 29
@TheMNWolf can I boost this toot? .-.
Show thread食 Shoku the UmbreonMar 29

@passocacornio lol absolutely.

For those that don't get the joke, coffee beans come from cherries.

Show threadMoritz NegwerMar 29
@TheMNWolf @passocacornio and you can dry the fruity bits of the cherry and make tea out of them. Tastes (unsurprisingly) like the faintly fruity aromas of good bean coffee, and still contains caffeine:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_cherry_tea
Coffee cherry tea - Wikipedia

Show threadAsta [AMP]Mar 28
@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.
Show threadSnapai Mar 30

@aud @chr

I was about to do the latter then I realized the original post is dated 2021 and I'm like "....that would be very late, and I'm sure it's already there".

Show threadcaite mMar 30
@Snapai oh no I saw this too late 😂
Show threadThat one Jewish network nerdMar 28
@chr Coffee leaf tea or kuti is an actual thing and actually predates using the beans. This is a very funny chart, btw.
Show threadGranny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)Mar 28
@chr @janeadams wait, Tea Tree oil comes from camellia sinensis??
Show threadlaen🪻Mar 28

@artcollisions @chr @janeadams

er, no
(also, please don't drink it!)

Show threadA cool crab wearing shadesMar 29
@artcollisions @chr @janeadams it doesn't, no.
Show thread🪨Mar 29
@artcollisions @chr @janeadams No, the Australian tea tree is Melaleuca Alternifolia, so not related at all.
Show threadGranny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)Mar 29
@Varpie @chr @janeadams @neckspike right, I knew that. Thank you.
Show thread@ NovaNaturalist HAS ALSO MOVEDMar 28
@chr I'm for maple syrup is tea #BuyCanadian
Show threadAsakiyumeMar 28
@chr ... would not want to drink tea tree oil, but I guess it's not an impossibility!
Show threadSkookumchickMar 29
@asakiyume @chr It is... unpleasant.
#GranolaChildhood
Show threadAsakiyumeMar 29
@Canuckduff @chr 😨 My somewhat granola parenting involved using it externally but I can't imagine making someone drink it 😬
Show threadSkookumchickMar 29
@asakiyume @chr IIRC it was to boost immune system or anti-candida? Thought it was a few drops in glass of water, taken like a shot, but may be confusing w oil of oregano.
Show threadAsakiyumeMar 29
@Canuckduff @chr Anti-candida sounds plausible. It was supposed to have great fight-stuff potential. Antibacterial, etc.
Show threadEvelyn EstelleMar 28

@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!

Show threadWooShellMar 29
@chr "mixing into water" + "any part of a plant" -> a clogged gutter is tea.
Show threadRakul AmentaMar 29
@chr I keep telling people that they have to call coffee tea if they insist on calling traditional maté tea.
i mostly get confused stares 🤷
Show threadCassMar 29

@chr In the Dragonlance novels, coffee is called tarbean tea, which I always thought was tea from a place called Tarbea until someone pointed out it was tar-bean tea.

I would add a line to the chart for can be brewed in cold water to allow cold brew coffee to be a tea but not hot cocoa.

Show threadycwangMar 29
@chr No, coffee is bean sauce, something like soy sauce. Coffee with milk is soy milk.
Show threadadzuki "toes" bean ch. 🇨🇳    Mar 29
@chr cocoea is tea
Show threadAnn AnnasMar 29
@chr
Bottom left is hurting my brain
Tea tree oil is from a very different plant
Melaleuca alternifolia rather than Camelia Sinensis
If it was rewritten to say "the tea plant" or similar then it would work because anything colloquially named a tea tree/shrub/etc would qualify
Show threadlazuliMar 30

@Ananas @chr came to comment this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca_alternifolia

Melaleuca alternifolia - Wikipedia

Show threadkateMar 29
@chr ...sorry only using leafs of camelia sienensis sienensis either fermented or fresh in hot water is "tea" anything else is an infusion.

Since the word tea is chinese 茶, or Pinyin chá.

Tea is not just hot water with anything in it. If that were true also dish washing detergent would be tea and nobody in their right mind would drink that.....
Show threadHoward CohenMar 29
@chr I'm suddenly embarrassed by what this reveals about me. I used to think I'm all, "green tea is tea", but now I'm all "cocoa's tea and I'm looking at maple syrup longingly". This is all your fault for turning on the lights before I got dressed in my illusions!