Upper class.
Tea leaves---in a bag or not---, hot water, a cup.
Something else, something extra? No, anything else is something
else, something added. Add something else if you want. But then
obviously that will be tea and, rather than only tea.
Middle class.
Tea leaves---in a bag or not---, hot water, a cup.
Oh, "Tea" as a later afternoon snack? Of course, but obviously that could be a burrito and a can of coca-cola.
---At one point, this author was the director's assistant of a documentary
being made about an avant-garde play. One afternoon, the quite English
assistant director of the play was found in the props storeroom, where
he held up a burrito and a can of coke and quite casually announced; Don't mind me, I'm having tea.
Working class.
Tea leaves---in a bag or not---, hot water, a cup.
I may not have a lot of resources, I do like tea. Of course I'm just
going to start with tea, to at least have my tea, and then I'll see
from there.
Like Of Course there have to be, like, invitations so that I can, like,
show off that I am having, like, a party, and there has to be,
like, whatever this afternoon's fad is for, like, random snacks, like, like
sandwiches, like, what are, like, dumplings?, those, like, salmon
things, oh, yeah, like, something cucumber, like, of course, like,
everyone will be so, like, jealous that I, like, have particular Brand Name plates
and, like, stuff for, like, having tea that will, like, clearly be more,
like, show me as, like, important than, like, anything anyone else has,
like, so that everyone will look at me and, like, of course everyone
is, like, required to, like, admire me . . . oh, and yeah, like, a
couple of, like, teapots with, like, something in them, like, maybe coffee
. . . . . .