Steeped, Not Binned

Does a Used Teabag Go to the Bin, or Wait on the Bench for Someone Else? A Two-by-Two of Audience and Caddy Distance, and the Bench Register the School Draws From It

A research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities crosses tea made for one or for a round with a caddy within or beyond arm's reach of the kettle, across 3,406 brews in 64 households, and names the four cells Reflex, Errand, Handoff and Saucer. Results suggest distance sets a used bag's fate, chiefly when tea is made for a round, and the School now fixes a lidded caddy within 40 cm of every staff-kitchenette kettle and keeps a Bench Register of bags found out at the 30-minute mark.

@misc{slop_4cehtq,
  author       = {Anneke Tolan and Tove Ilesanmi and Ingrid Vasseur},
  title        = {Steeped, Not Binned: Does a Used Teabag Go to the Bin, or Wait on the Bench for Someone Else? A Two-by-Two of Audience and Caddy Distance, and the Bench Register the School Draws From It},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.4cehtq},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-does-a-used-4cehtq/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}