Why after making a cup of tea,do some people place to tea bag in the sink?

Tom_Cruise · 12-10-2012 4:56pm #1

Instead of placing it in the bin?

MistyCheese · 12-10-2012 4:58pm

Sometimes I leave the teabag out in case I've made the tea too weak. That way I can put the bag back in and give it another stir.

But then it goes in the bin. I don't leave it on the sink, or IN the sink, but I know people who do.

FairytaleGirl · 12-10-2012 4:59pm

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Instead of placing it in the bin?

my ma does it.. because the bins halfway over the kitchen and the kettle and tea area are beside the sink!

jester77 · 12-10-2012 4:59pm

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Instead of placing it in the bin?

Does scientology say it has to go in the bin?

AnonoBoy · 12-10-2012 4:59pm

Because Xenu told them to Tom so you should do it too.

Spread · 12-10-2012 5:00pm

The clothes line is full of whites at the moment

Celly Smunt · 12-10-2012 5:02pm

obviously so they can put the plug in the sink,fill it up with water,and add some lemons to make litres of ice tea.Duh.

mike65 · 12-10-2012 5:02pm

I put mine in a ramekin dish and make another cuppa with it!

Johro · 12-10-2012 5:03pm

I don't 'place' it anywhere. I just fire it at the wall.

Matt_Trakker · 12-10-2012 5:04pm

either I'm stuck in the matrix or this thread was here 2 weeks ago

loobylou · 12-10-2012 5:04pm

If you put it in the bin straightaway it'll drip on the floor.

MadsL · 12-10-2012 5:05pm

mike65 wrote: »

I put mine in a ramekin dish and make another cuppa with it!

Don't come here with your la-di-da ways. Ramekin, indeed. :mad:

maxfresh · 12-10-2012 5:05pm

so it wont drip on the floor on the way to the bin ,i put mine into a bowl for food scraps that then goes into the brown bin

CrazyRabbit · 12-10-2012 5:07pm

To leave it to dry out a bit before putting it in the plastic bin bag.

ejmaztec · 12-10-2012 5:07pm

I brew the arse out of each tea-bag 500 times, then I shove it in a pipe and smoke it.

Chuck Stone · 12-10-2012 5:10pm

loobylou wrote: »

If you put it in the bin straightaway it'll drip on the floor.

1. Bring the cup to the bin with the tea bag in it.

2. Open bin.

3. Hold cup over bin so rogue drips fall into bin.

4. Squeeze teabag against inside of cup above water line

5. Drop into bin.

6. Sorted.

mackeire · 12-10-2012 5:10pm

my moths family do this. the funny thing is, they have to walk past the bin to get to the sink!

audman · 12-10-2012 5:12pm

I leave it in the cup, the tea spoon doesnt even come in to the equation, drop of milk. The tea gets stronger and stronger as I drink it, yum! As for where I put it when I'm finished, bin

Or out the back "for the birds" :P

Johro · 12-10-2012 5:13pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

I brew the arse out of each tea-bag 500 times, then I shove it in a pipe and smoke it.

Barry's Gold Blend?

Gone Drinking · 12-10-2012 5:13pm

When we were back in school, many moons ago, there was a guy in our class with a brown patch on the side of his face (Birthmark). I remember one time, we were wondering where it came from and one of the lads said (We were 10, or thereabouts):

"I heard when he's bold, his dad ties a wet teabag to a piece of string and beats him with it."

Agricola · 12-10-2012 5:14pm

Loose tea FTW

PizzamanIRL · 12-10-2012 5:16pm

I have sweet potatoes cooking now, should be done in 15mins. I'm starving.

loobylou · 12-10-2012 5:16pm

Chuck Stone wrote: »

1. Bring the cup to the bin with the tea bag in it.

2. Open bin.

3. Hold cup over bin so rogue drips fall into bin.

4. Squeeze teabag against inside of cup above water line

5. Drop into bin.

6. Sorted.

TLDR

MadsL · 12-10-2012 5:16pm

mackeire wrote: »

my moths family do this. the funny thing is, they have to walk past the bin to get to the sink!

Why wouldn't they fly

Spread · 12-10-2012 5:17pm

loobylou wrote: »

If you put it in the bin straightaway it'll drip on the floor.

I thought that by now some enterprising Wicklow woman would have brought in imported bin liners from Kilkenny

Johro · 12-10-2012 5:18pm

Johro wrote: »

I don't 'place' it anywhere. I just fire it at the wall.

Okay I lied.
In a small glass bowl beside the kettle, when that gets full it gets emptied in compost bin.

Frynge · 12-10-2012 5:18pm

I do this because in the parents gaf all the teabags go in the sink. We have a gorilla / insinkerator which ate them up.

Johro · 12-10-2012 5:22pm

Frynge wrote: »

I do this because in the parents gaf all the teabags go in the sink. We have a gorilla / insinkerator which ate them up.

:eek: The parents?

mauzo · 12-10-2012 5:28pm

In my mums the tea bag goes into the sink, they have an insinkerator.

I don't drink tea at home, but when I do I put it in the bin.

ejmaztec · 12-10-2012 5:29pm

Johro wrote: »

Barry's Gold Blend?

It's so long ago since I bought the teabag, I can't remember what brand it was.:(

mackeire · 12-10-2012 6:10pm

MadsL wrote: »

mackeire wrote: »

my moths family do this. the funny thing is, they have to walk past the bin to get to the sink!

Why wouldn't they fly

too lazy!

SuperInfinity · 12-10-2012 6:32pm

I guess it just shows the level of sheep some people are.

Once upon a time it came to pass that someone had reason to put his/her teabag in the sink instead of in the bin. Perhaps the bin was overflowing. Someone else saw him/her and copied them, and someone else saw them, but the logic of why it was so got lost somewhere along the way. And so now you have the result today: millions of individuals mindlessly putting their teabags in the sink for no rational reason.

miss no stars · 12-10-2012 6:41pm

Cos it's too hot to go into a closed bin straight away. Or at least that's what I was brought up to believe, that if you put it in straight away it'll make the bin smell bad because the food in it starts to decay faster with the added heat. Stick it in the sink, let it cool, then scoop it out and into the bin. Simples.

Omackeral · 12-10-2012 6:44pm

mauzo wrote: »

In my mums the tea bag goes into the sink, they have an insinkerator.

I don't drink tea at home, but when I do I put it in the bin.

OMG IT'S HIM!!!!!!

nlgbbbblth · 12-10-2012 6:51pm

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

Instead of placing it in the bin?

because they're c*nts.

SuperInfinity · 12-10-2012 6:53pm

miss no stars wrote: »

Cos it's too hot to go into a closed bin straight away. Or at least that's what I was brought up to believe, that if you put it in straight away it'll make the bin smell bad because the food in it starts to decay faster with the added heat. Stick it in the sink, let it cool, then scoop it out and into the bin. Simples.

Who cares if the bin smells bad, that's how bins are supposed to smell. Get one with a flip-lid, and I fail to see how it could make much difference anyway. You're saying if you put a hot tea bag next to a banana or something that in the time it takes the teabag to cool down that the banana will have decayed to such an extent that it will smell much worse? This is better though, at least it's a reason. Maybe it started with people avoiding throwing lots of hot stuff in the bin and they got into the habit of never throwing any even lukewarm stuff in the bin.

Personally, I make my tea using the coffee machine water. That avoids scalding the tea and damaging it, and it avoids waiting very long to drink it with the risk of scalding yourself, and the coffee machine keeps the water warm so you can do what you like and come back any time. I can't understand why anyone would do it any other way.

Greentopia · 12-10-2012 8:04pm

I prefer loose tea but if I use tea bags I put the used tea bag on a little ceramic tea pot shaped holder beside the sink.

And because I like my tea very weak and I hate waste I reuse it for another cup or another pot of tea before I throw it away.