Does bouncing your tea bag actually do anything substantial? This question was originally answered on Quora by Matt Harbowy.

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2. Once the bag and tea is wet, diffusion takes over. In almost all circumstances, dunking versus teabag at bottom or top of cup does not matter. 3. Dunking gives you something to do.

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