Flar's Freyja
June 11th, 2002, 09:11 PM
Tasseomancy is the fine art of divination by reading tea leaves. Here's a suggested method:
You will need:
Loose tea, any flavor. “Loose” tea does not refer to its sexual proclivities; rather, it means that you’re using actual tea leaves that float loose in your cup instead of using a tea bag. We recommend that you use a Chinese tea or one with a minimum of fine-grained dust. If you like your subject (the one whose future you are going to read), let him choose a favorite flavor. If not, use the nastiest flavor you can find.
A white or pastel teacup with a wide brim. It needs to be white, or you won’t be able to read the dark leaves at the bottom, and it should have a wide brim so that the leaves have a greater area to stick to at the bottom of the cup. If you’re at work, a Styrofoam cup will do, but we’ll have to tell your boss that you’re slacking (…as if she doesn’t already know).
A wide saucer.
A teaspoon.
Now you’re ready to make some tea.
Place a teapot full of water on the stove. Oh, and make sure the stove is on.
Place the dry tea leaves on a saucer. Have your friend stir them around while the water is boiling. Murmur something unintelligible during this stage for drama’s sake.
Ask your friend to throw some leaves into the pot (the amount doesn’t matter).
Brew the tea without a strainer, making sure that the leaves are loose within the pot.
After the tea starts steaming, have your friend pour some into the cup.
Let it cool. Sit around, relax, work on your résumé, play poker, whatever
When the tea is almost at room temperature, have your subject sip it and concentrate on a specific question—perhaps something that’s been bothering him lately. If he can’t think of anything, then we’re sorry to tell you that your subject is a weirdo. But you probably already knew that. In this case, perhaps you’ll want to try your hand at a general prediction. Just have your subject clear his mind while sipping the tea instead of focusing on something in particular.
Tell your subject to leave a tiny bit of liquid and most of the tea leaves in the bottom of the cup. Since many people are used to drinking tea that’s strained through a tea bag as opposed to loose tea, a little coaching may be necessary. It’s really easy to just swallow the tea leaves, so make sure that he leaves some behind for you to read.
If you have problems, (e.g. your subject refuses to drink the loose tea leaves and starts making various vomiting noises), strain the tea out of the cup through a napkin stretched over the top, again taking care to leave a little bit of liquid and most of the tea leaves behind.
Take the cup in your left hand and swirl it around clockwise three times.
Cover the top of the cup with your right hand, making sure to swirl the leaves completely up and around the sides and rim of the cup. (A little bit of shaking is all right for beginners.)
When all this is done, peer into the cup and get ready for your performance… we mean your "psychic predictions," of course.
Info from:
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/tealeaves/tealeaves.html
You will need:
Loose tea, any flavor. “Loose” tea does not refer to its sexual proclivities; rather, it means that you’re using actual tea leaves that float loose in your cup instead of using a tea bag. We recommend that you use a Chinese tea or one with a minimum of fine-grained dust. If you like your subject (the one whose future you are going to read), let him choose a favorite flavor. If not, use the nastiest flavor you can find.
A white or pastel teacup with a wide brim. It needs to be white, or you won’t be able to read the dark leaves at the bottom, and it should have a wide brim so that the leaves have a greater area to stick to at the bottom of the cup. If you’re at work, a Styrofoam cup will do, but we’ll have to tell your boss that you’re slacking (…as if she doesn’t already know).
A wide saucer.
A teaspoon.
Now you’re ready to make some tea.
Place a teapot full of water on the stove. Oh, and make sure the stove is on.
Place the dry tea leaves on a saucer. Have your friend stir them around while the water is boiling. Murmur something unintelligible during this stage for drama’s sake.
Ask your friend to throw some leaves into the pot (the amount doesn’t matter).
Brew the tea without a strainer, making sure that the leaves are loose within the pot.
After the tea starts steaming, have your friend pour some into the cup.
Let it cool. Sit around, relax, work on your résumé, play poker, whatever
When the tea is almost at room temperature, have your subject sip it and concentrate on a specific question—perhaps something that’s been bothering him lately. If he can’t think of anything, then we’re sorry to tell you that your subject is a weirdo. But you probably already knew that. In this case, perhaps you’ll want to try your hand at a general prediction. Just have your subject clear his mind while sipping the tea instead of focusing on something in particular.
Tell your subject to leave a tiny bit of liquid and most of the tea leaves in the bottom of the cup. Since many people are used to drinking tea that’s strained through a tea bag as opposed to loose tea, a little coaching may be necessary. It’s really easy to just swallow the tea leaves, so make sure that he leaves some behind for you to read.
If you have problems, (e.g. your subject refuses to drink the loose tea leaves and starts making various vomiting noises), strain the tea out of the cup through a napkin stretched over the top, again taking care to leave a little bit of liquid and most of the tea leaves behind.
Take the cup in your left hand and swirl it around clockwise three times.
Cover the top of the cup with your right hand, making sure to swirl the leaves completely up and around the sides and rim of the cup. (A little bit of shaking is all right for beginners.)
When all this is done, peer into the cup and get ready for your performance… we mean your "psychic predictions," of course.
Info from:
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/tealeaves/tealeaves.html