Looking Through the Glass

For today’s riddle of the ChickenMonkeyDog Sphinx, we’d like to pose the following question.

Why is it that plain ordinary tea looks so much more enticing, enigmatic, delicious and even exotic when served in a clear glass vessel than in an opaque mug?

mug and glass of tea

Note: In drafting this post, we realized that the phrase “through the looking glass” is much more interesting than “looking through the glass.” Just thought you might like to ponder that as well.

 

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