People automatically perform many different actions every day. And even the smallest details of their implementation can say a lot about a person. But the habit of drinking tea, leaving a spoon in a mug, may indicate bad taste.
Historical tea etiquette
Try to pay attention to how you drink tea: take the spoon out of the mug or not, and whether you take it for tea at all. Some are familiar with such episodes from old comedy films, when a person drinks tea from a glass, and a spoon sticks out of it. But in fact, in the old days, tea was offered to men in glass glasses on glass holders, and it was believed that the spoon did not need to be removed from the glass. This was necessary in order to drink tea was not so hot, in other words, so that the tea cools faster. And women were served tea in cups on a saucer and according to etiquette they had to stir the sugar and remove the spoon on the saucer, because the tea cooled faster in the cup. It is also known that ladies in the old days drank tea from a clay saucer, although now this is also considered indecent.
A modern take on tea drinking
Over time, many traditions and views have become obsolete, so the attitude towards tea drinking has changed. However, even now, it is considered bad form to leave a spoon in a mug while drinking tea. But some people have a question: why? After all, people are faced with such a problem - where to put the spoon, taking it out of the mug. Putting a spoon on the table is not aesthetically pleasing, because tea stains will remain on it. Of course, it would not be bad to remove the spoon on the saucer, but now not many people take a tea saucer for ordinary tea drinking.
More often than not, a saucer on which to put a spoon is only present when people are drinking tea with a cake or pastry.
Another reason for unethical drinking tea with a spoon in a glass is the following circumstance. You tilt the mug in order to take a sip, and the spoon begins to roll over the mug, beat along its edges, making loud sounds.
Modern parodists also ridicule this habit of drinking tea with a spoon in a glass. They say that only a Russian person drinks tea, and at this time a spoon pokes his eye, and instead of removing it, he starts screwing up his eyes and continues to drink. Such a stage joke is not really a joke, because some people actually drink tea this way, although they try to squeeze a spoon between a finger and a mug.
Now imagine that a spoon can break loose and splash boiling water directly onto the person drinking the tea. Of course, this can cause burns. Therefore, it is better to remove the spoon from the mug and prevent this situation.
It is also said that drinking tea without removing the spoon from the mug is considered a bad omen. Some believe that this habit leads to a lack of money. Others are sure that if a girl does not take the spoon out of the mug, she will never get married.
