How to Tell Your Fortune by Reading Tea Leaves, According to a Real Witch
When Katelan Foisy drinks her tea, she thinks about how her ancestors have been doing the same thing for generations. She says originally most tea traditions come from China but that the practice of reading tea leaves—and how to read tea leaves, for that matter—and coffee grounds comes from Greece, Turkey, and Armenia. It also has strong connections to Romani culture. “For a lot of [Romani], tea was the only way of getting money at some points, because rich ladies wanted their fortunes told. So I’ll think about that as I’m preparing my tea.”
Katelan’s grandmother was Romani and, though she didn’t teach her tea reading, she did pass on her love and...
