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except... with "pure" tea you don't consume the original ingredient. (eating tea leaves or coffee grounds? eeww.)
pho, etc you do. ergo, not tea.
In that instance a clogged gutter is still tea
Might be cleaner than some people's tea pots... 😅
Only the juice collected from the underside of the clogged gutter is the tea.
Pho is just animal oil/juice suspended. Everything else is like milk, honey, lemon, sugar, etc. that people do consume in tea.
what about the rice noodles, chicken, mushrooms, etc etc.? come on.
So if a deranged person drinks the broth without eating the ingredients, did they then turn their pho into tea?
they didn't have pho to start with. they just drank one of the ingredients of pho.
Wait, so then we have the comparison all wrong. Pho isn't Vietnamese Tea, Tea is British Pho?
no.
Pretty sure its pronounced "Nuh"
Pho is just a loose-leaf tea.
that's only true if you eat tea leaves.
No, because you don't really make tea by boiling tea leaves. Tea is an infusion made from pouring hot water over tea leaves. Not boiling tea leaves.
As the other person mentioned, the base of pho is the stock which includes steeped plants. So it's tea with some other things thrown in it.
What about stock? Take some bones, spices, and vegetables; boil them in water; and strain out all the solids. You're left with nothing but a flavored liquid.
Now you've got a stew going!
sure, stock is tea. the base of pho is tea, but pho isn't pho until you at least put some noodles in it. Until then, it's just ingredients for pho.