Herminny knew abit about tea so she raised her hand and answered, "Tea comes in many kinds and all tea is good for you in one way or another.".

Mmmmmm, tea. Sitting down in her armchair at home with a book and a cup of tea was one of Evelyn's favourite thing to do.

She didn't know much about growing it though. "It has been used for healing and in ceremonies."

Evelyn felt relieved and excited. Tea didn't sound dangerous, and hopefully this meant they could drink some!

Cedric grimaced as someone called him, he drifted his head to the person who called him and found that it was Vida, his one and only girl. Her voice sounded cheerful and blithe, she must be really happy. "Hey there, honey!" Cedric greeted Vida as he smiled crookedly. He turned to look at their professor and before he could even uttered another word to Vida, his second favorite professor has spoken. He just locked his arms on hers and then listened to their professor.
He waved his hand up in the air as their professor asked about teas.

"Uh, like coffee, tea is a stimulant, It stimulates our body and makes it zealous so that we could cope with our daily routine, works and such. Teas are aromatic and has a cooling, slightly bitter flavour which many of us enjoy," he paused, respired and then continued, "And aside from that, drinking several cups of teas works as a natural anti-depressant for older women and men."

Ginny couldn't answer because she was too busy listening and focusing.

Aw..he smiled crookedly. The irresistable smile of her boyfriend. Vida closed her eyes for few seconds to get control of herself fot not to pounce on him. Enjoying his arm pressing on hers, she smiled happily and focussing on what the frizzy hair professor was referring to.



Three points deduction for all four houses. Aw..unfair. But she was a professor, who can do anything. Sigh.

But the lesson was an interesting one. Nice start. Tea.

Umm..what she knows about tea? Well..she raised her hand, "There are different type of tea all around the world. Umm..White tea, Yellow tea, Green tea, Oolong, Black tea, Post-fermented tea, based on the techniques with which it is produced and processed, Professor."

Lucille watched the professor clatter into the classroom, and was just about to turn back to gnawing at her nail when something disgusting caught her eye.

WHAT WAS THE WOMAN WEARING ON HER FEET? It looked as if she had accidently trodden in the definition of the word "girly."

Eww.

Lucille managed to tear her eyes away from them without being sick and uttered a teeny "Wow." She remembered she was being good though, so she turned the "wow" into a slight coughing fit.

Bunz would do herself an injury if she wasn't careful in those things.

Tea? TEA?

"Its like, a drinky thing. And it's got leaves and stuff in it, right? Or something??"

OOOOH. Lorelai liked this teacher! She had PINK! shoes on, and they were heels. Oh, Lori liked this teacher alot. Alot, alot. She was just being crabby. Maybe, she'd gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. Or maybe Athlon had kissed her boyfriend aswell. . . Did teachers even HAVE boyfriends? Maybe not, they were all too OLD.

Raising her hand above her head, Lori smiled at the Professor; and then proceeded to answer her question. Simply, because silly people had stolen her brains answers. LIES!

"You drink it professor. You can get green tea, and other things. Normal tea, that my housekeeper drinks, has this bag thing that you stick in the cup and like magic the water turns a COLOUR! But yeah, you drink it."

Nymphy raised his hand and answered.

"I beleive it is an aromatic drink that muggles and older wizards drink. and according to '1000 Magical Herbs and Fungi' its scientific name is 'Camellia sinensis'. Although, my gran makes tea as a rememdy to certain illnesses. She makes this elm bark tea that really helps sooth the thraot when it hurts. She also makes a tea with apple cider vinager to realive pain, like headaches and stuff." he said, ticking off his grandmothers recipes on his fingers.

"Oh, and she makes a tea with ginger to clear my sinuses." he said, remembering his favorite.

Lucy had something in her mind about tea, so she raised her hand and said "After water, tea is the most widely-consumed beverage in the world. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, astringent flavor which many enjoy.

There are at least six varieties of tea; white, yellow, green, oolong, black and power of which the most commonly found on the market are white, green, oolong and black. All tea are made from the same bushes but processed differently, and, in the case of fine white tea, grown differently. A post-fermented tea, is also often used medicinally." and stopped as she felt that was enough the professor wanted to know maybe.

His sister never told him that there was a redhead professor. Unless she was hired after his sister had graduated? Possibly. Nonetheless she was like REALLY strict and some regards reminded him a bit of his sister. Not just cause of the hair but the demeanor. He personally never witnessed it but he knew when Amelia spoke, she meant business, which is sort of what he got from this woman.

And then , tea? What's that have to do with Herbology?

"Tea is good," Aaron said simply, raising his hand. Oh yes, he liked tea. Except for the camomile-stuff that his mum made him drink sometimes before bed to relax him. He liked the energizing one. The normal black tea.

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Tea? Wizard tea, or Muggle tea? As the professor didn't specify it, Evan raised his hand to talk about Muggle tea. (Were there wizard tea, in the first place?) "It likes a lot of rain and it needs a quicklime-free solid. At least the ones in Turkiye do..." Well, surely tea were the same in all over the world, no?

"Erm, yes," Bunbury nodded at Evan. "Tea loves rain."

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Sidney looks at Professor Bunbury's shoes. They look like pink skyscrapers. The child is amazed that the professor can walk in them and stay upright. Bunbury is an amazing woman... "Professor, different kind of leaves and other fruits and herbs are used to make different varieties of tea."

She turned and stared down at the Hufflepuff child from Honeydukes. Mhmm. "That is also correct. Points to Hufflepuff."

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Nicoletta raised her hand cautiously. Tea!?!? "errrm, it grows and then they dry it out and it's put into water." There's no way that's right. she thought.

"That's one way of describing it, mhmm. Good."

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The sound of the Click Clack of high heels drew Nancy's gaze towards Bunbunz's shoes...which looked COLD regarding the weather outside. Did she have those on when walking outside too?! Strange woman...very strange...

Nancy's expression of annoyance was replaced by one of utter surprise as Bunbunz revealed what today's lesson would be about. TEA?! Seriously?! "Uh...I think it originally comes from China, right?" She replied after raising her hand.

Well...that wasn't too bad. Not until now anyways. Cough

"I think it does as well," Bunbury blinked back at Nancy. Yes, tea came from China.

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Points? She was going to take points? Hopefully not from Hufflepuff. 'Ok, tea. What do I know about tea' Kay thought. "Well I know that there are different types of tea, Professor. After it is grows, it gets dried and some is used as leaves and others are put in tea bags." She said think that wasn't what the Professor really wanted. "Oh, And its used in Potions too." She added

"Very good," Bunz approved of this Hufflepuff's answer. They would be elaborating on that in a bit.

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Gold hadn't talked. Did that mean she got points for being good? Well, apparently not. She decided she did not like this professor, then raised a hand and said,

"Tea is... the agricultural product of the Camellia sinensis plant, professor. It is also, after water, the most widely-consumed beverage in the world." She lowered her hand.

Ahh and another smart one. This Gryffindor should have been in Ravenclaw.

"Yes, correct. I hope you all are taking notes on this." She marched around the room a little and made eye contact with a few students. "The camellia sinesis plant is a shrubbery little evergreen plant that grows in tropical and sub-tropical climates."

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Sarah gave Chris a wink and gestured to the space next to her as he came across. Wiggling herself over a bit she gave him some room, before her attention shot to the front as Professor Bunbury started speaking. Points off for talking. From each house?! Had Huffies been chatting? Really? Huh.

OK the subject was....tea?
What did she know about tea?
Her father drunk nothing else, for a start.But that didn't give her intimate knowledge of the stuff.Raising her hand, Sarah gave her best answer. "Ummm, I know there are a few varieties, Professor.Can't remember the exact number, but I think it's like 5 or 6...." She put her hand back down and racked her brain trying to think on whether that was true.

"Very good, Prefect Griffin." Bunz did love her Puff Prefects. "There are actually about seven types of tea, depending on your tastes and the method of preparation you prefer. But good."

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'She's taking points, that stinks,' Marie thought as she looked around at everyone that had been talking. Some people just need to learn to sit quietly she thought as she glared at Kay who had been doing a lot of talking herself.

Oh, they were going to talk about tea. Marie loved to drink tea. Raising her had she said "When the tea leaves are dried they can be added to water to drink. Most people drink hot tea but there are also others who like to drink it iced. There are also different types of tea leaves which all taste different when you drink them."

"Yes, this is true," the professor nodded at the girl. "Iced tea -- or any tea, for that matter -- can also be flavored and tinted by other beverages to fit your wants."

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OOH! QUESTION! Candy raised her hand and looked all HAPPY. "I know that people of the Han Dynasty used tea as medicine, professah!" She said. She had so tried to get rid of her accent. But she COULDN'T!!

"Really, dear," Bunz just turrrrrned her head and stared at the girl. "Care to elaborate?"

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Ivory raised her timidly. She wasn't excatly sure but if she remembered correctly...

"Don't all types of tea, white, green, oolong, and black, come from the same one plant Camellia sinensis that Gold metioned? And I know my mother always said that old tea leaves make great fertilizer."

"Yes!" Aha so it was the smart Ravenclaw who had brought her a shrub. "You're correct on both accounts."

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Tea?? She didn't really know what to say about that topic, it was a strange one. Smiling a little
"There's loads of different types of tea Professor, and umm there are loads of way's of making it" She said, quietly putting her hand in the air.

This child seemed shy, but Bunz didn't bite her head off for once. "Mhmm, good." Vague but good.

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Annie tried to think creatively for an answer that woudl impress her herbology teacher. She raised her hand slowly. "Tea can be used to read the future by reading the left over tealeaves in the cups. The symbols made are soemtimes beleived to mean something." Hmmmmmmm, She thought to herself, Well that answer was... vague.

"Excellent connection to divination!" Bunbury could have beamed at the cross-subject connection going on there. "Good."

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Kita didn't know what to say. Her mother drank tea and she knew, from Muggle primary school, that tea contains something called caffeine in it. Apart from that she didn't know a thing. Sometimes she really hated being Muggleborn and not knowing wizard things. She looked around the class as people said their thoughts. She couldn't believe how much she didn't know sometimes. She still raised her hand and said, "It's made from a plant, tea leaves. By adding milk to it, tea becomes less strong. So, the more milk you add, the weaker the tea becomes. Strong tea isn't god for your health."

"Strong tea isn't good for your health, you say?" Bunbury almost quirked a brow there. "Interesting."

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Immediately, Jake raised his hand. He knew this one; KNEW IT! Oh man, epic. Pure epic. He'd wow everyone with his amazing knowledge. CHYEAH!

"It tuhh-tuh-tastes revolting."

And that is the truth.

"If that is your opinion, Mr. Upstead, all right then." Mmmhmm.

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Dani raised her hand. "Tea is that stuff that old people drink." She said, completely serious. She hadn't ever seen anyone except her grandparents drink tea. WHat that had to do with Herbology she had no idea..

"Also correct, although you may have some today and if you feel that only old people drink tea then perhaps a cup of tea is just what you need."

And thus Bunz flourished her wand at the cup on her desk, levitated it over to Dani, and proceeded to fill the cup with a nonverbal spell.

"Drink up, darling!"

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Jack wrinkled his eyebrows. TEAAAA? That was soooo boring! He had been hoping for something fun to brighten up this boring day likeeeee the Mimbulus Mimbletonia or something. THAT would have been awesome.

He raised his hand, trying to hide his distaste for the subject they were studying today. "Well, some people like to drink it a LOT... personally it's not really my thing, I'm more of a coffee person...anyways, it has...leaves?" he added uncertainly. It HAD to if they read tea leaves in divination, right?

"Yes, Jack," Bunz had to refrain from rolling her eyes and adding 'dur' at the end of the sentence, "tea has leaves."

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"Its made from a plant. They dry it out and then put it in water. I`ve known it to have a calming effect. Like hot chocloate and coffee. It makes you feel warm and safe" Barry said raising his hand. That was a bit more personal but it answered the question so who cared?

"That is does, Barry, that it does." Bunz certainly got calmed down by her tea.

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Tea is made up of water and tea leaves

"Er...." the professor honestly did not even know the name of the child speaking. "Sure?"

Awkward.

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"Tea.." Jenny began happily. "Is made of leaves and water. It comes hot, sweet, iced, or unsweet. There is flavored hot tea."

"Good, precise answer," Bunbury nodded at the girl.

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Nina raised her hand.

"Professor, tea is a plant. It's leaves are used to make a drink by the same name. Sometimes, the leaves left in the glass are used for fortune telling. The drink is high in anti-oxidants and contains caffeine. It's drunk when you're sick. There are also other herbs that can be mixed in."

Was that a good answer??

"Well that was certainly a good answer," Bunbury blinked at the girl who had just rattled off a very complete response. Huh. "Excellent."

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How did someone walk in heels like that? Melanie's head snapped up from her desk (The warm greenhouse atmosphere made her tired...) as she heard the incoming clickity-clacks that surely meant Bunbury had arrived.

"Tea." Melanie repeated thoughtfully, tapping her fingers on her desk and staring out the window. "It's spelled T-E-A.... annnnnnd people drink it." she informed Professor Bunbury, hand held high up in the air.

Pssssh, everyone else stole all the good answers.

"That was absolutely riveting, Melanie," Bunz (almost) snapped sarcastically.

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Emily raised her hand, this seemed like an easy,a nd a little fooloish, question.

"Tea is the agricultural product of the leaves, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant.Pea contains various types of polyphenols, Many people thnk it has tannic acis in it, but it doesn't. There are at least six varieties of tea; white, yellow, green, oolong, black and pu-erh.After water, tea is the most widely-consumed beverage in the world. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, astringent flavour which many enjoy."

Emily had her information in chuncks of different types of thing. But that was what she could remember and that was how she had to phrase it in a short amount of time.

"Correct!" That was certainly enough information for now. Good, good.

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...oh. So this class was actually... about something he knew a bit about. Raiden stopped rummaging around in his bag and started paying actual attention to what was going on. After, you know, the whole points deduction for... people who didn't seem to understand that they'd arrived at a class and not a social event. Sigh.

"There are quite a few myths about the origins of the plant itself, and the drink that's made from it. But the plant itself is guessed to have originated in Southeast Asia, and spread from there." He paused for a moment, then shrugged. "A lot of cultures are very tea-oriented. I know the Japanese have actual tea ceremonies and other things like that."

"Very good, Raiden," Bunbury agreed. "British culture is very tea-oriented as well."

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Pierre looked around the Herebology classroom. He looked around as everyone else who answered the question. He thought of a few things that he couldn't remember whether or not they were mentioned. He raised his hand and said, "There are six different kinds of tea. I believe they are white, yellow, green, oolong, black, and pu-erh." He lowered his hand and smiled, very proud of his answer.

"Excellent! Six types of tea. I hope you all have that written down somewhere...."

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Kel stared blankly at the others around him. Tea? Seriously? ...Maybe this Herbology class would be easy! Although Kel hoped they wouldn't have to drink tea or anything...he hated the stuff. His mother was practically in love with it, though.

Deciding that it wouldn't hurt to just say what he knew, he raised his hand. "It's a plant - a shrub I think...and it's leaves are dried and then put in water to make the drink." That sounded about right...right?

"Correct! That's a nice, simple, straightforward answer."

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Cela raised her hand and gave Ivory, Allison and Arya a quick and warning smile. No chatter mmkay? Especially Ivory and Allison.

"Tea is a drug and a drink, professor. You can use it for healing and for hurting. Its actually, if you think about it, a kind of potion made up of mundane herbs. The idea of just calling it 'tea' is kind of misleading though on account of not just dried bits of Camellia sinensis. There are actually six different kinds of tea as well as infusions and tisanes made of herbs and fruit and all sorts of things. In Russia we have our tea differently than most places, though several middle eastern countries use something similar. We use a samovar and it has two chambers, one for boiling water and the other for a concentrated tea which is preboiled and its traditionally black with a smokey flavour." Cela offered. Obviously tea was considered important in her family.

And as usual, Cela rattled off every answer possible.

"I didn't know you were Russian," Bunbury muttered quietly. "All your answers are correct, regardless. Very good."

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Ian blinked.

Professor Bunbury's hair was so red and bright and shiny that it gave the impression of being on fire. Of her entire head being on fire. She was, however, quite pretty (for her age anyway) so he decided he would ponder later, whether her flaming hair improved Bunbury's appearance or not. "Dry tea has more caffeine than coffee itself." Ian made a face at this. Coffee was dreadful.

But then, tea wasn't exactly his thing so ... nevermind?

"Really, I did not know that," Bunbunz muttered in an undertone. She really hadn't known anything about the caffeine content of coffee versus tea and nor did she really care.

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Becca shuddered at the memory of her bright red sunburn ((actually happened to me)) and raised her hand, "If you ever get a sunburn and your skin gets all...peely and gross, green tea can clear it up a bit." Then, she made a face. Peely and gross was right!

"True, I'm sure it can," Bunz nodded slowly. Ahh Herbology and its uses.

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Allison missed Cela's warning completely for she had already abandoned the eleven year old and had become the ageless student who ignored everyone but the professor and work at hand. As it was she didn't really believe she had spoken before class, she had merely greeted her friends and taken a seat to read next to the prefect. It was all a matter of good manners, was it not?

Tilting her head in wonder Allison recalled everything she knew about tea. The only thing that came to mind was tealeaf-reading and she really did not believe in it. However seeing as it was her first thought, she went with instinct and rose her hand to answer, "Professor, tea has often been used when trying to read one's future. In this case the leaves left behind after the teas has been taken is what is used for the reading. In other words...tea-leaf reading."

"Yes, correct!" Bunz had almost missed this child's answer.... shame on Bunz.....

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The loss of house-points wasn't so surprising. It wasn't unusual either. The least she could do was earn some back, perhaps. She decided to introduce 'chai' into the conversation. Aschere raised her hand.

"Professor? Tea, in its many forms already described by a number of students here, is an infusion of herbs. It is often thought to have a calming effect. In India, tea is grown on tea estates primarily in the north-east, and is served with milk and sugar, and sometimes spices. We call it 'chai', as do several other cultures, I believe."

She hoped her answer was sufficiently unique. She shot a smile at the Ravenclaw from Russia.

"Also an excellent answer; nice job bringing up chai tea." Mmmm chai tea.

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Brant didn't really understand the question, but he answered anyways Raising his hand first of course "Well Professor, Tea is a good way to get someone warm, or invite others for a social. Also It tastes yummy, Better with sugar" he said and laughed.

"Why yes, Brant, tea is a good social beverage." Annie knew this from experience. "Thank you for pointing that out."

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Adrienne shrugged slightly as Professor Bunbury spoke before Fia could answer her question, not entirely surprised by the instruction to not chatter excessively. And she was intrigued by the professor's shoes. Not so much the color, since that was almost expected, but it was just nice knowing people who knew shoes actually were at Hogwarts, and the fact it was December didn't change anything.

But then they were discussing tea, and her blue eyes went up to the professor as she raised her hand slowly. "Different types of tea can affect people in different ways. For example, while most tea is known for its caffeine content, chamomile tea is used to help people relax and fall asleep quite often." And that was just random information, considering she was far rom knowing scientific names for teas and all the other stuff people were mentioning.

"Excellent answer!" Chamomile tea was perfect for sleeping.

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Herminny knew abit about tea so she raised her hand and answered, "Tea comes in many kinds and all tea is good for you in one way or another.".

"Also true. Thank you, Herminny."

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Mmmmmm, tea. Sitting down in her armchair at home with a book and a cup of tea was one of Evelyn's favourite thing to do.

She didn't know much about growing it though. "It has been used for healing and in ceremonies."

Evelyn felt relieved and excited. Tea didn't sound dangerous, and hopefully this meant they could drink some!

"Good answer," Bunz nodded. "Care to elaborate?"

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Cedric grimaced as someone called him, he drifted his head to the person who called him and found that it was Vida, his one and only girl. Her voice sounded cheerful and blithe, she must be really happy. "Hey there, honey!" Cedric greeted Vida as he smiled crookedly. He turned to look at their professor and before he could even uttered another word to Vida, his second favorite professor has spoken. He just locked his arms on hers and then listened to their professor.

He waved his hand up in the air as their professor asked about teas.

"Uh, like coffee, tea is a stimulant, It stimulates our body and makes it zealous so that we could cope with our daily routine, works and such. Teas are aromatic and has a cooling, slightly bitter flavour which many of us enjoy," he paused, respired and then continued, "And aside from that, drinking several cups of teas works as a natural anti-depressant for older women and men."

"Excellent response, Cedric." Bunz could beam at the boy. Could, but didn't.

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Aw..he smiled crookedly. The irresistable smile of her boyfriend. Vida closed her eyes for few seconds to get control of herself fot not to pounce on him. Enjoying his arm pressing on hers, she smiled happily and focussing on what the frizzy hair professor was referring to.

Three points deduction for all four houses. Aw..unfair. But she was a professor, who can do anything. Sigh.

But the lesson was an interesting one. Nice start. Tea.

Umm..what she knows about tea? Well..she raised her hand, "There are different type of tea all around the world. Umm..White tea, Yellow tea, Green tea, Oolong, Black tea, Post-fermented tea, based on the techniques with which it is produced and processed, Professor."

"Good, yes." Bunz eyed the girl answering and then eyed Cedric for a sec... hmm...

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Lucille watched the professor clatter into the classroom, and was just about to turn back to gnawing at her nail when something disgusting caught her eye.

WHAT WAS THE WOMAN WEARING ON HER FEET? It looked as if she had accidently trodden in the definition of the word "girly."

Eww.

Lucille managed to tear her eyes away from them without being sick and uttered a teeny "Wow." She remembered she was being good though, so she turned the "wow" into a slight coughing fit.

Bunz would do herself an injury if she wasn't careful in those things.

Tea? TEA?

"Its like, a drinky thing. And it's got leaves and stuff in it, right? Or something??"

Must. Refrain. Again. From. Eye. Rolling.

"Yes, Lucille," Patience, Annie, PATIENCEEE, "Tea is a plant, and we are in Herbology class, and you can even drink it too."

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OOOOH. Lorelai liked this teacher! She had PINK! shoes on, and they were heels. Oh, Lori liked this teacher alot. Alot, alot. She was just being crabby. Maybe, she'd gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. Or maybe Athlon had kissed her boyfriend aswell. . . Did teachers even HAVE boyfriends? Maybe not, they were all too OLD.

Raising her hand above her head, Lori smiled at the Professor; and then proceeded to answer her question. Simply, because silly people had stolen her brains answers. LIES!

"You drink it professor. You can get green tea, and other things. Normal tea, that my housekeeper drinks, has this bag thing that you stick in the cup and like magic the water turns a COLOUR! But yeah, you drink it."

"Good answer, dear," Bunz's nostrils flared slightly as she turned back to the girl. "Good, simple answer."

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Nymphy raised his hand and answered.

"I beleive it is an aromatic drink that muggles and older wizards drink. and according to '1000 Magical Herbs and Fungi' its scientific name is 'Camellia sinensis'. Although, my gran makes tea as a rememdy to certain illnesses. She makes this elm bark tea that really helps sooth the throat when it hurts. She also makes a tea with apple cider vinager to realive pain, like headaches and stuff." he said, ticking off his grandmothers recipes on his fingers.

"Oh, and she makes a tea with ginger to clear my sinuses." he said, remembering his favorite.

"Hmm, so your grandma believes in natural remedies." Bunz nodded her approval. "Excellent." Because obviously the Herbology professor believed in natural remedies as well.

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Lucy had something in her mind about tea, so she raised her hand and said "After water, tea is the most widely-consumed beverage in the world. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, astringent flavor which many enjoy.

There are at least six varieties of tea; white, yellow, green, oolong, black and power of which the most commonly found on the market are white, green, oolong and black. All tea are made from the same bushes but processed differently, and, in the case of fine white tea, grown differently. A post-fermented tea, is also often used medicinally." and stopped as she felt that was enough the professor wanted to know maybe.

"Correct, but next time try putting the answer in your own words instead of in the words of someone else." Bunbury stared the Gryffindor down and moved back to the front of the greenhouse.... before one more student answered....

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His sister never told him that there was a redhead professor. Unless she was hired after his sister had graduated? Possibly. Nonetheless she was like REALLY strict and some regards reminded him a bit of his sister. Not just cause of the hair but the demeanor. He personally never witnessed it but he knew when Amelia spoke, she meant business, which is sort of what he got from this woman.

And then , tea? What's that have to do with Herbology?

"Tea is good," Aaron said simply, raising his hand. Oh yes, he liked tea. Except for the camomile-stuff that his mum made him drink sometimes before bed to relax him. He liked the energizing one. The normal black tea.

"Tea is indeed good." Wow, was that really all he had to say? Tea is good? "Thank you for the answer."

...........................moving onnn.................................

Bunbury had some potted tea plants sitting up at the front of the greenhouse and she wandered over to them to and lightly brushed her fingers along the tops of the plants as she spoke.

"Now, what we're going to do is make our own tea today. Boring, I know, but here we go anyway. You'll want to break up into groups of three or four and come get a plant for each group.

Once you have your camellia sinesnis, gently, and I emphasize GENTLY," she glared at the students as if to challenge them to dare hurt her baby tea plants, "once you have your tea, gently pluck the very youngest, littlest tea buds you can see. And then wait for further instructions."

Boring?

Not at all!

Gold actually liked this prospect. Not to mention, she had made a couple of new friends, by grouping and stuff, in other lessons. Which was why she looked round with bright, green eyes, now.

Sooo ... anyone in need of a person to form a group with? Well, most people were, but she would wait till she spotted someone nice. Preferrably someone who didn't smell of too much shampoo.

Because that was weird.

Meh.

The thought of making tea sounded fun to Arya, not as fun as CoMC had been, but still exciting non the less. Popping her bubble she turned to Allison and Ivory, "Ya'll wanna be in a group?"

Daniel nodded at the Professor as he listened attentively. Yay!!! We are going to make tea, but what type maybe depends on the plant.

He then looked around and waited for the others to regroup and start the activity.

He then raised his hand and asked somethign to the Professor, "Excuse me, Professor. I love tea, but how do we know from the plant if they are black, red, white or green tea?" he said trying not to look silly.

Ivory had just turned her head toward her friends and opened her mouth when Arya beat her to the punch.

Smiling widely, she nodded her head enthusiastically, "Sure!

Oh good, she agreed with him that tea was good. And even thanked him for his answer! YAY! Grinning happily as she moved onto what tea had to do with Herbology he blinked when she said it was boring about making their own tea.

He didn't think it was. Especially if they made the black caffeinated tea. Glancing around the greenhouse for a group, mostly for Treyen, he frowned. Until he saw one person he knew.

"Gold!!" Aaron called over to the Gryffindor Prefect. "Be in my group, please? If you don't have one already?" Cause like she was a Prefect and older, which meant she must be smart or something. So he could hope.

"Well, I know certain teas like chamomile and kombucha are used for healing. Kombucha is a chinese tea with yeast in it." Evelyn hoped she had explained her answer enough.

When the professor asked them to get into groups, Evelyn immediately looked to Ginny. "Partners?" she asked with a smile, highly doubting that Ginny would say no.

Making tea...

Really...

At least it didn't have to do with whomping trees or death plants that strangle you. Sighing, Evelyn leaned forward on the table and listened to what they had to do. Groups of three or four. Hmm, groups. Grouping with Destiny. The hugging thief! Eh, oh well. She had no other friends in the class anyway- NO WAIT! Marie was there right?! And Josh too! Muwahahaha! Oh, no. She wouldn't not group with Destiny.

"So...you want to group up?" she asked her Slytherin friend, looking around to find where the other two people were.

Oooh!

This was EXACTLY the kind of person she would want in a group. 'Cause Aaron was going to be famous! Hehe. Well, jokes aside, he was totally fun... and, of course, it didn't hurt either that he loved Quidditch.

"Aye aye, Keeper Rose!" She saluted him, all smartly. Which, of course, meant a big, happy yes. One unit, they were!

This was going to be fun!

"Great!"She beamed at her friend. She turned to Allison, poking the girl a few times in the ribs, "Soooo, are ya in?"

Huh?

They were making tea..in Herbology..with the Bunz?

Nothing dangerous? Nothing scary? Nothing that was going to eat you if you hit it with a broom!?

Bunz really needed a hug..maybe she would turn back to normal or something.

And what did she have here? The one who thought she was going to win the bet. Don't think so..

She only wanted to be partners. Good. Destiny needed a partner anyway. 'Well duh! Who else would I group up with?' No one, because they all hated her. Not that she cared or anything..

Now, who was going to go up and grab the plant?

Destiny will, because she might be able to sneak in a hug, before Evelyn knew what she was up too. Heehee..

Destiny stood up and headed to the plants. Inching closer and closer to the Bunz..

"On my mother's side." Celandine answered simply, when the professor commented that she didn't know Cela was Russian. Not really the time or place to go into detail and Cela perked up at the idea of making tea. Properly. From scratch? Wheeee!

She looked around for a group.

Good good. Then that meant that she didn't have to go on a scavenger hunt to find someone to group with. Or to force someone to be her partner. Now to just find Josh, and maybe Marie if she still needed a group...

wait...a...minute...

Narrowing her eyes since she didn't see Destiny sitting next to her, she looked up, only to see her going towards the plants, and Bunz. "Don't you dare!" she hissed whispered loudly, disbelief and irritation written all over her face.

Trying to get a hug from Bunz in the middle of the class?! Totally cheating!!

Daniel looked around and saw a familiar face nearby.

"Hey, Prefect Gold. Can i be part of your team?" he asked.

Keeper Rose; aye, Aaron felt pride swell up inside upon being saluted as such! "Awesome! Now we just have to find one or two other willing group members..." The first year glanced around the greenhouses.

Surprisingly this was harder than he thought. He didn't see Treyen, but he did see two young girls... who looked to be barely older than him. Then he was pretty sure he also knew that Ravenclaw girl (Celandine) over there from the train, but he couldn't recall her name.

Gold ought to know some people, right? "Got any other group members in mind so we can go get the plant for the group?"

And almost as if hearing his call, someone addressed Prefect Gold and asked to be apart of their group. He didn't mind, but then again he didn't know the boy and maybe Gold had something against him. Besides the boy also looked older which meant he too would have some idea of what to do and be able to help him!