REALITY?: Tea-hee

Living in the strictest of conditions known to us, I try to make him understand the doubling use of coffee (add one less scoop to that already used to use again; wash and reuse the filter once).  But a sudden urge for tea tonight.  I peek inside the teapot that he’s been using, surprised to see a lumpy bottom, similar to that of burned bubbled coffee left on too long.  I reach inside to find a half dozen teabags…