General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Tea leaf reading, or Tasseography, was first attributed to people in China who have held a deep adoration of tea and its beneficial qualities for centuries.

Fortune tellers began to notice patterns and shapes left in their cups after drinking tea and interpreted them as prophecies and messages of the past, present and future. This spread and developed during the seventeenth century when Dutch merchants introduced tea to Europe. As a cheap method of fortune-telling, it only required a cup of tea so became increasingly popular as both a means to tell the future and a method of entertainment.

Have you have ever had your tea leaves read? I remember the old women in the street used to gather for a brew then have a session of reading each others cups. I don't suppose it happens much these days with teabags being so easy to brew up.