My mother, who came to Canada as a war-bride, could read the tea leaves a bit. This was before the advent of tea bags which probably ended this practice. When I had finished my tea, she would look at where the leaves were in the cup. I seem to remember turning the cup over on the saucer and turning it around three times. I thing a single leaf near the top meant a letter. The Greeks follow almost the same practice with the grounds left in Greek coffee. Margaret in Toronto