| Cup of tea | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 23 July 2002 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | 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 | 72 coins (info) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buy limit | 2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daily volume | 26,403 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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
⌊AttackLevel×0.02⌋+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tea stall | 5  | 1 | Always |
| Zombie (Tarn's Lair) Medium level | 61–80  | 1 | 5/128 |
Spawns
| Location | Members | Spawns | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varrock - Ye olde Tea Shoppe. |  | 1 | Show map |
| Taverley - building directly west of the tree patch | | 1 | Show map |
| Taverley - south-west of Jatix's Herblore Shop | | 1 | Show map |
| Woodcutting Guild - inside Sawmill operator building | | 1 | Show map |
| Uzer Oasis - inside Ali the Tea Seller's house | | 1 | Show map |
| Kastori (1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US]) | | 1 | Show map |
Shop locations
| Seller | Location | Number in stock | Restock time | Price sold at | Price bought at | Change Per | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ye olde Tea Shoppe. | Varrock | 20 | 30s |  10 | 6 | 2.0% | |
| The Esoterican Arms | Miscellania Expansion | 5 | 45.6s | 10 | 5 | 2.0% | |
| The Golden Field | Hosidius | 5 | 3s | 10 | 5 | 2.0% | |
| The Cloak and Stagger | Shayzien | 5 | 1m | 10 | 5 | 2.0% | |
| The Flaming Arrow | Civitas illa Fortis | ∞ | N/A | 10 | N/A | 0.0% | |
| Sunlight's Sanctum | Aldarin | ∞ | N/A | 10 | N/A | 0.0% | |
| The King's Inn | Tal Teklan | ∞ | N/A | 10 | N/A | 0.0% | |
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.