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**Quinn Gallagher** · 07-20-2008, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ms. Diggory

Kaika raised her hand and answered, "That's because the tea-bag tea is cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup."

"Yes, you are partially correct. One point.", The moody Ministry Professor gave a nod, feeling in a generous mood today.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeerCassandraTrelawney

Cassandra beamed at the professor, her hand high in the air and stated, "Cutting open a tea bag won’t work, as the leaves in a tea bag are often ground into a fine powder and will be unreadable in your tea cup. Hand-rolled teas are ideal. Not to mention the paper used for tea bags is usually bleached. Chlorine bleaching of paper, including tea bags and coffee filters, creates a dioxin chemical residue in the paper and waste water from the paper mill. Dioxin is a known potent carcinogen that we want to avoid in both ingesting and in reading, as it alters the consistency of the leaves."

Cassandra smiled as she put down her hand.

"Good. Two points." St. Toussaint turned to the catsnip tea leaves in her cup and poured some hot water over them to let them steep.

Quote:

Originally Posted by deviljo8586

Sapphire put up her hand and said

"Professor it is ill-advised for one to attempt tasseography using tea from a cut-open tea bag or to use a symbol dictionary. The reasons for this is the tea-bag tea is cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup and tea-leaf reading"

"Two Points." Such a strong show from her noble and former house.

Quote:

Originally Posted by beautifulmine

Alexis raised her hand "Is it because the tea leaves in a tea bag are not intact? and I think they dissolve when the tea is made." Alexis put her hand down feeling a little uncertain

"Yes, they are finely cut, but no, they do not dissolve to the extent that they would entirely disappear. One point."

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Originally Posted by mathi

Ella rasied her hand again. " It may lead us to the wrong predictions because of its fine grounded nature, almost powdered. So it ill-advised for one to attempt tasseography using tea from a cut-open tea bag or to use a symbol dictionary. The reasons for these prohibitions are practical: tea-bag tea is cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup and tea-leaf reading. That's why they're avoided the tea-bags for tasseography", she said, in full stretch.

"Two points." She was still searching for a particular answer which so far, none of the girls had mentioned.

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Originally Posted by Crayola

Four points? Yay for reading the textbook before the lesson! Rather satisfied with herself, she rose her hand again, ready to answer the question. "That's because tea-bag tea is cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup.." She said, crinkling her nose as she did so. "That doesn't mean some people don't use tea from tea bags to conduct a Tasseographic reading, but it's better to use tea leaves. We get more accurate previsions"

"Good. One point."

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Originally Posted by LisaPotter1125

Astrid was still beaming because of the four points awarded for her previous answer. She was glad that she had taken the time to study this subject a bit before class. Raising her hand for a second time, she said, "It isn't advised to use a tea bag for a Tasseomancy reading due mainly for the fact that the leaves from a tea bag are cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup. The tea leaf reading has its own historic system of symbolism that does not correspond exactly with other systems, such as symbolic dream interpretation. That's why it is best to use hand rolled teas so that we get the most accurate predictions." She felt pretty satisfied with her answer and hoped that she didn't forget any key facts.

St. Toussaint crossed her arms and smirked. The class, in general seemed to be giving such pragmatic answers and she could see that she was going to have to wean them away from their logic and into their intuition if they were going to be able to read tea leaves this lesson.
"A point for mentioning how the cut of the tea interferes with the reading and a point for mentioning symbolic systems, but still not quite the answer I am looking for."

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Originally Posted by HPobsession33

Allie raised her hand again.
"The reason you don't use tea bags is because the leaves are cut too finely. Its harder to see the figures in the cup." she said.

"One point for you."

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Originally Posted by MuggleBornWitch3

Anna raised her hand again. "It's not advised to use tea from a tea bag, because tea-bag tea is cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup. The bigger the leaves, the better to discern shapes more clearly," she said.

"Partially correct. One point."

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

Steelsheen smiled and gave the professor a grateful nod.

Steelsheen raised her hand again and replied "It is considered ill-advised to use the contents from a cut open tea bag because the tea from there are too fine to create really varied patterns. For one thing, the tea in the tea bags aren't full leaves, instead they are bits called "fanning" which are left overs from sorted loose tea leaves."

"Two points." The Professor inwardly cringed at the word 'fanning'. She didn't know why, but she simply found it disquieting.

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Originally Posted by Sabrina_Snape

Sabrina raised her hand, after learning from her mistake last time. "It's advised that you don't use a tea bag because the tea inside it is too fine, and it is then extremely hard to see any recongnisable features in them. The stuff in the tea bags, aren't proper tea leaves either, they are loose bits from tea leaves called 'fannings'. It is much better to use bigger hand cut tea leaves because the predictions are a lot clearer to read and to understand." She looked at Via and smiled, hopefully they'd be able to see some interesting stuff in each others cups.

"Two points." The Professor was almost amazed that no one yet had mentioned the most important reason of all as to why tea cut from the tea bags was not to be used for readings.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Amelia frowned a little at how weak her answer was last question, compared to other students and thus was determined to do better this time. Raising her hand, she spoke when the last person was finished talking. "It isn't that you should never use a tea bag for a Tasseomancy reading, but it isn't advised. This is due mainly for the fact that the leaves from a tea bag are cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup. The tea leaf reading has its own historic system of symbolism that does not correspond exactly with other systems, such as symbolic dream interpretation. That's why it is best to use hand rolled teas so that we get the most accurate predictions."

"Two points, but not quite. You never, ever, ever are to use tea leaves from a tea bag." She told the Hufflepuff Prefect.

"All of you were only partially correct in your answers." She said addressing the class as whole. "The reason why we never, ever, ever are to use tea cut from the bag in conducting tea leaf readings is because it is known to be very bad luck, especially towards health-related matters."

"In studying the images and shapes created by the tea and the inside of the cup or saucer, which part do we look at in order to study positive signs and which do we look at to study negative signs?"

07-20-2008, 08:48 PM	#121 (permalink)
Quinn Gallagher Other Characters Dugbog Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 124	Question 4 Quote: Originally Posted by Ms. Diggory Kaika raised her hand and answered, "That's because the tea-bag tea is cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup." "Yes, you are partially correct. One point.", The moody Ministry Professor gave a nod, feeling in a generous mood today. Quote: Originally Posted by SeerCassandraTrelawney Cassandra beamed at the professor, her hand high in the air and stated, "Cutting open a tea bag won’t work, as the leaves in a tea bag are often ground into a fine powder and will be unreadable in your tea cup. Hand-rolled teas are ideal. Not to mention the paper used for tea bags is usually bleached. Chlorine bleaching of paper, including tea bags and coffee filters, creates a dioxin chemical residue in the paper and waste water from the paper mill. Dioxin is a known potent carcinogen that we want to avoid in both ingesting and in reading, as it alters the consistency of the leaves." Cassandra smiled as she put down her hand. "Good. Two points." St. Toussaint turned to the catsnip tea leaves in her cup and poured some hot water over them to let them steep. Quote: Originally Posted by deviljo8586 Sapphire put up her hand and said "Professor it is ill-advised for one to attempt tasseography using tea from a cut-open tea bag or to use a symbol dictionary. The reasons for this is the tea-bag tea is cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup and tea-leaf reading" "Two Points." Such a strong show from her noble and former house. Quote: Originally Posted by beautifulmine Alexis raised her hand "Is it because the tea leaves in a tea bag are not intact? and I think they dissolve when the tea is made." Alexis put her hand down feeling a little uncertain "Yes, they are finely cut, but no, they do not dissolve to the extent that they would entirely disappear. One point." Quote: Originally Posted by mathi Ella rasied her hand again. " It may lead us to the wrong predictions because of its fine grounded nature, almost powdered. So it ill-advised for one to attempt tasseography using tea from a cut-open tea bag or to use a symbol dictionary. The reasons for these prohibitions are practical: tea-bag tea is cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup and tea-leaf reading. That's why they're avoided the tea-bags for tasseography", she said, in full stretch. "Two points." She was still searching for a particular answer which so far, none of the girls had mentioned. Quote: Originally Posted by Crayola Four points? Yay for reading the textbook before the lesson! Rather satisfied with herself, she rose her hand again, ready to answer the question. "That's because tea-bag tea is cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup.." She said, crinkling her nose as she did so. "That doesn't mean some people don't use tea from tea bags to conduct a Tasseographic reading, but it's better to use tea leaves. We get more accurate previsions" "Good. One point." Quote: Originally Posted by LisaPotter1125 Astrid was still beaming because of the four points awarded for her previous answer. She was glad that she had taken the time to study this subject a bit before class. Raising her hand for a second time, she said, "It isn't advised to use a tea bag for a Tasseomancy reading due mainly for the fact that the leaves from a tea bag are cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup. The tea leaf reading has its own historic system of symbolism that does not correspond exactly with other systems, such as symbolic dream interpretation. That's why it is best to use hand rolled teas so that we get the most accurate predictions." She felt pretty satisfied with her answer and hoped that she didn't forget any key facts. St. Toussaint crossed her arms and smirked. The class, in general seemed to be giving such pragmatic answers and she could see that she was going to have to wean them away from their logic and into their intuition if they were going to be able to read tea leaves this lesson. "A point for mentioning how the cut of the tea interferes with the reading and a point for mentioning symbolic systems, but still not quite the answer I am looking for." Quote: Originally Posted by HPobsession33 Allie raised her hand again. "The reason you don't use tea bags is because the leaves are cut too finely. Its harder to see the figures in the cup." she said. "One point for you." Quote: Originally Posted by MuggleBornWitch3 Anna raised her hand again. "It's not advised to use tea from a tea bag, because tea-bag tea is cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup. The bigger the leaves, the better to discern shapes more clearly," she said. "Partially correct. One point." Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen Steelsheen smiled and gave the professor a grateful nod. Steelsheen raised her hand again and replied "It is considered ill-advised to use the contents from a cut open tea bag because the tea from there are too fine to create really varied patterns. For one thing, the tea in the tea bags aren't full leaves, instead they are bits called "fanning" which are left overs from sorted loose tea leaves." "Two points." The Professor inwardly cringed at the word 'fanning'. She didn't know why, but she simply found it disquieting. Quote: Originally Posted by Sabrina_Snape Sabrina raised her hand, after learning from her mistake last time. "It's advised that you don't use a tea bag because the tea inside it is too fine, and it is then extremely hard to see any recongnisable features in them. The stuff in the tea bags, aren't proper tea leaves either, they are loose bits from tea leaves called 'fannings'. It is much better to use bigger hand cut tea leaves because the predictions are a lot clearer to read and to understand." She looked at Via and smiled, hopefully they'd be able to see some interesting stuff in each others cups. "Two points." The Professor was almost amazed that no one yet had mentioned the most important reason of all as to why tea cut from the tea bags was not to be used for readings. Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Amelia frowned a little at how weak her answer was last question, compared to other students and thus was determined to do better this time. Raising her hand, she spoke when the last person was finished talking. "It isn't that you should never use a tea bag for a Tasseomancy reading, but it isn't advised. This is due mainly for the fact that the leaves from a tea bag are cut too finely to form recognizable figures in the cup. The tea leaf reading has its own historic system of symbolism that does not correspond exactly with other systems, such as symbolic dream interpretation. That's why it is best to use hand rolled teas so that we get the most accurate predictions." "Two points, but not quite. You never, ever, ever are to use tea leaves from a tea bag." She told the Hufflepuff Prefect. "All of you were only partially correct in your answers." She said addressing the class as whole. "The reason why we never, ever, ever are to use tea cut from the bag in conducting tea leaf readings is because it is known to be very bad luck, especially towards health-related matters." "In studying the images and shapes created by the tea and the inside of the cup or saucer, which part do we look at in order to study positive signs and which do we look at to study negative signs?"