Derived from the Arabic word for cup and the Greek term for writing, tasseography is a centuries-old practice of divination, like palm reading, that interprets the remains of tea or coffee in the bottom of a cup to determine a person’s fortune.
“A pot of loose tea is usually made a poured into large pale cup without being strained. Once the querent has finished the drink, the remaining liquid is either swirled inside the cup or tipped into the saucer. Any leftover tea leaves may then make shapes or images inside the cup that the mystic can decipher.” ~ Catalog of the Unexplained.