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A tiny ceramic therapist that insists you sit down and breathe for once.
means A small handled cup designed for drinking tea, typically paired with a matching saucer.
from Simple compound of 'tea' and 'cup' — 'tea' entered European languages in the 1600s from Chinese (via both Mandarin 'cha' and the Amoy dialect form 'te', the latter arriving through Dutch traders), while 'cup' is an old word stretching back through Old English 'cuppe' to Latin 'cuppa'. As tea-drinking became a fashionable ritual in 17th- and 18th-century Europe, smaller, more delicate cups were made specifically for it, distinct from the heartier mugs used for ale or coffee — and the name simply followed the function.
- handle origin
- Added once Europeans started drinking tea too hot
- size logic
- Small cups kept tea from going cold before refills
- porcelain nickname
- Called china because China invented it first
- pinky myth
- Raised pinky was never actually proper etiquette