Cup of tea

This article is about the normal cup of tea. For the stat boosting tea made in Player-owned houses, see Cup of tea (Player-owned house). For other uses, see Tea.

Cup of tea
Released							23 July 2002 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							Yes
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Drink, Drop
Examine							A nice cup of tea.
Values
Value							10 coins
High alch							6 coins
Low alch							4 coins
Weight							0.15 kg
Respawn time							100 ticks (60 seconds)
Grand Exchange
Exchange							103 coins (info)
Buy limit							2,000
Daily volume							18,425
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Advanced data
Item ID							1978
Link							MOID

A cup of tea is a drink which restores 3 Hitpoints and temporarily boosts Attack by 2 + 2% (rounded down), it will also instantly cancel the effect of the goading potion. Upon drinking a cup of tea, the player will exclaim Aaah, nothing like a nice cuppa tea! and an empty cup will remain in the player's inventory.

Tea may be purchased at Ye olde Tea Shoppe in Varrock or stolen at the nearby Tea stall with 5 Thieving.

A tea flask may be used to store up to five cups of tea, which will have the standard effect when consumed.

Attack Boost

$\lfloor AttackLevel\times 0.02\rfloor +2$

Level	Boost
1-49	+2
50-99	+3

Quest uses

• A cup of tea is used in the Dig Site quest to bribe the Panning Guide in order to use the panning area found in the Dig Site.
• Nettle tea, a variation of standard tea, is created in Ghosts Ahoy for the Old Crone.
• Tea can also be found when speaking to Galahad by the forest north of Ardougne.
• An empty cup is used in the quest One Small Favour.

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	League region
Tea stall	5	1	Always
Zombie (Tarn's Lair) Medium level	61–80	1	5/128

Spawns

Location	Members	Spawns	Map	League region
Varrock - Ye olde Tea Shoppe.		1	Show map	Misthalin✓
Taverley - building directly west of the tree patch		1	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Taverley - south-west of Jatix's Herblore Shop		1	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Woodcutting Guild - inside Sawmill operator building		1	Show map	Kourend✓
Uzer Oasis - inside Ali the Tea Seller's house		1	Show map	Desert✓

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Restock time	Price sold at	Price bought at	Change Per	Members	League region
The Cloak and Stagger	Shayzien	5	1m	10	5	2.0%
The Esoterican Arms	Miscellania and Etceteria dungeon	5	3s	10	5	2.0%
The Golden Field	Hosidius	5	3s	10	5	2.0%
Sunlight's Sanctum	Aldarin	∞	N/A	10	N/A	0.0%
The Flaming Arrow	Civitas illa Fortis	∞	N/A	10	N/A	0.0%
Ye olde Tea Shoppe.	Varrock	20	30s	10	6	2.0%

Trivia

• This is the only type of tea that cannot be used with a bucket of milk to make a milky version.
• Nettle tea and POH tea have the empty option, but this standard tea does not.
• In RuneScape Classic, players were able to telegrab the display tea unlike in RuneScape 2; it was tradeable. If the player dropped the display tea, they could not pick it up unless they used Telekinetic Grab. It was also used in scams occasionally.
• Ghasts cannot rot tea. This may be because a cup of tea is classed as a potion.
• Drinking a cup of tea does incur a combat delay similar to most healing items.
• Players can give a cup of tea to Elsie on the second floor of the Varrock church. In exchange she will tell the player a story.
• A variant cup of tea can be found in Yanille and is involved in Zogre Flesh Eaters.