The tea pair appeared on the tables of our great-grandfathers with the popularization of tea drinking in the second half of the XIX century. The activation of the tea trade then led to the appearance of affordable varieties, and the rule of good taste in the middle-class environment was the serving of tea cups on saucers. Not only did the saucer prevent the drink from spilling onto the tablecloth, it was used to drink tea from the saucer to cool the boiling water. The fact is that the tea is drunk immediately after brewing, otherwise the quality of the drink deteriorates: after ten minutes, the leaf ceases to secrete useful essential oils.