Tea........to leave or not to leave?

Exactly the same.
I can remember the tea grouts at the bottom of the cup.
I think it traumatised me!

I'm just the same. People are always asking "Have you finished". But I can't bring myself to drink those last drops. They are probably cold anyway!

I do that too. Maybe it is ingrained behaviour from when people swilled the last of the tea round, emptied it out and read the tea leaves.

Even with teabags, there are often a few little grains in the bottom of the cup.
Or if you dunk, there's sludge

I make tea with leaves and pour it through a strainer.
Then I drink the lot

There's never a drop left when I have tea, and I usually have a second cup.

I have friends who always leave some. It has always puzzled me, and irritated me a little bit, so it’s quite interesting to read this thread.

Fair enough to leave leaves (if you understand), but if there are none, drink it!

I too leave some at the bottom of the cup. A throwback from my childhood with stray leaves and sugar residue.
I now use teabags and no sugar, but can't bring myself to drink the dregs.

My Aunt Bess used to 'read' the tealeaves at the bottom of our cups,to tell us our fortunes...so we had to drink ALL the tea..and so I still do,never a drop left!

Me too but if tge tea gets the slightest bit cold I leave the lot.

Don't drink tea but do the same with coffee - no idea why and I also hate it if it's gone cold or even lukewarm - I have it black with no sugar as well so it's not like there's anything at the bottom!

No, I drink the whole lot. I can remember thinking, when teabags became the norm, how nice it was not to have to leave anything in the cup, so I must have changed those early habits immediately!

I leave the last little drop of my coffee too.
Somehow it seems to be 'dead', even if I then immediately make another.

I seem 'blessed'with friends and relations who only ever drink half of a cup or mug - or is that different?

I've never seen an empty cup. Family, friends , random visitors to the house. I've not seen anyone drink the lot.

Over the years I must have poured gallons down the sink.
On another note, my grandad would take a cup of tea to bed specifically for drinking cold in the morning. To "save time in the morning". On freezing nights pre central heating the tea seperated from the milk!
He thought everyone should catch on to his brilliant scheme.

I always leave some in the cup too. Always have

MrBaggs does the same, katek. Vestigial tea leaf in the mouth avoidance habit.

I do use loose tea but I also use a strainer so I drink down to the last drop.

Me too Katek. You are not alone. I don't know why I do it but I just do and always have.

I use leaf tea in a pot with a filter. I put the leaves in the filter and pour in boiling water. I have a little red teapot for breakfast and a big pot for visitors. I must admit that I use teabags for red bush tea. I did try leaves but they were very small and messy.

Yes I do this too. Never thought about it but it seems right to leave a little tea at the bottim.

My daughter and I both leave a bit at the bottom of the cup but we both drink coffee. I've always said it's in case there are tea leaves!

I do the same with coffee - habit as you say

I’m with teatime on this one.