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   Dragonjion (njion@bark.lgbt)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 09:12:43 JST Dragonjion

   If we call every type of plant infusion "tea" (like "herbal tea", "mint tea" etc.) then we have to face the horrifying fact that under this definition coffee is a type of tea

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     Dragonjion (njion@bark.lgbt)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 09:37:21 JST Dragonjion

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     Also, under this definition, tea the plant (Camelia Sinensis) is not actually tea because it's not an infusion. I hate this.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 09:38:12 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @njion French has already normalised the term infusion so at least it probably will come to english at some point.
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     Dragonjion (njion@bark.lgbt)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 09:38:13 JST Dragonjion

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     (can we please just normalize the term "infusion" or something pls I'm tired of having to explain that when I say tea I mean "tea made of tea (the tea plant)")

     (Or like rename the plant?? Idk. I just wanna be able to have precise terminology)

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     Piggo :verified_horse: (piggo@piggo.space)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 09:38:30 JST Piggo :verified_horse:

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     • ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ
     @deshipu @njion in Czech the water that comes out of compost is called earthworm tea. Beat that
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     ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ (deshipu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 09:38:31 JST ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ

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     @njion I have no idea what you are talking about, it's called buckwheat coffee in here. May also contain acorns.

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal_coffee

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     ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ (deshipu@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 09:38:32 JST ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ

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     @njion Last time I checked burned beans were not considered herbs. And no, it's not any kind of plant infusion (then tomato soup would count as tea), only infusions made of leaves and roots. And then it's also not any kind of infusion (plant dye is not tea), only when it's used as a beverage. And I'm sure it's possible to find more cultural rules to further narrow it down.

     Human language doesn't work on definitions anyways, and what a given word means is constructed on the fly in context.

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     Dragonjion (njion@bark.lgbt)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 09:38:32 JST Dragonjion

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     • ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ

     @deshipu Consider that "buckwheat tea" exists. Buckwheat is a seed and so is coffee (it's not a bean).