Trying New Things

I am not a tea drinker or a coffee drinker, never have been. On really, really cold days (like today) I will accept a cup of coffee to hold and warm my hands but not to drink. I've just never liked the taste. A couple weeks ago I had to wait for 3 hours at my Honda dealership while my car was being serviced with the 110,000 mile check up. During the 3 hour wait, I got bored. At the dealership they offer coffee and pretzels and cookies and tea. I made myself a cup of cranberry herbal tea, just to break up the wait. I took a sip. The tea didn't exactly taste good but it was a step up from a cup of hot water. I drank the whole thing - my first cup of tea ever. Always searching for warm and calorie free drinks, I bought some ginger herb tea at the grocery store. Again, it a step up from hot water. I made myself two cups of ginger tea and drank them both so that makes 3 cups of tea in my lifetime. Now I belong to the tea drinker's club. I can't believe it's my hand holding the string to the tea bag. I'm inexperienced. I've yet to develop fine tea drinking habits. The directions say to steep for 3 to 5 minutes. Steep? What is steep? Do I just let the bag float in there for the time? I see other people jiggle their tea bags. So I jigged my tea bag too. Are you supposed to jig it in quick up and down movements as if jigging for bluegills? Or should I jig it slowly around the perimeter as if I'm trolling for walleyes? The tea bag on a string is fun to play with. I'm sure the tea bag manufacturers put it on there for a reason. What would happen if you didn't pull the tea bag out and just let it sit in your cup while you drank the tea? Oh, I guess the tea bag floats creating a choking hazard. It's probably safer to pull the tea bag out of the cup before drinking. If you see me drinking tea awkwardly, don't laugh, I'm a newbie. Between the ginger and the tea and my cuddle duds (long johns), I made it through this cold day.