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Coffee and tea reading archive

Tasseography: coffee cup and tea leaf reading

Tasseography is the practice of interpreting shapes left by coffee grounds or tea leaves. Choose a cup to search the matching symbols and meanings.

Emptied coffee cup with a coffee grounds symbol for tasseography reading Coffee reading Coffee cup reading symbols Search 202 coffee cup reading symbols by name, traditional meaning, visual family, photo example, and related signs. Search coffee symbols Emptied teacup with tea leaves forming a symbolic shape Tea leaf reading Tea leaf reading symbols Search 864 tea leaf reading symbols and meanings from historical source books, with source notes and cup-position guidance. Search tea symbols

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What is tasseography?

Tasseography, also called cup reading, is a traditional practice of interpreting the shapes and patterns left inside a cup. Coffee reading uses settled coffee grounds; tea reading uses loose tea leaves.

Use the coffee atlas for realistic coffee-ground photos and combinations, or the tea archive for historical tea leaf symbols, source notes, and position-based meanings.

Learn how to read coffee grounds or learn how to read tea leaves before opening the full symbol indexes.