Tea patterns
I love watching patterns form in a hot cup of coffee or tea. You see deep swirls when liquids mix, and funny arrangements coming alive on the surface.
Yesterday morning, my tea was doing something really weird. There were tiny micro-bubbles on the surface, forming and popping rapidly in the shape of tree branches. What’s going on here? Are there branchy fractals on the surface of my Throat Coat?
These videos are in real-time.
Teacup 1 (QuickTime, 3.2 MB)
Teacup 2 (QuickTime, 1.6 MB)
3 Comments
- jennifer replied:
amaaaayzing!!! if you ever figure out why this happens, let me know. I’ve never seen anything like that in my tea before. maybe it just wants to impress you.
February 28th, 2008 at 5:57 pm. Permalink.
- Anita replied:
and it happened again yesterday morning! with a different tea type, too (Sportea). in the same mug. maybe it is a magic mug.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:02 pm. Permalink.
- jennifer replied:
hmm maybe try black tea next. don’t throat coat and sport tea both have licorice in them? it’s that or microscopic elves.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:06 pm. Permalink.
