Gravy Tea Bags Prank

Here's how to slyly replace the tea in a tea bag with some delicious gravy granules. Perfect for April fools day! What a tea-rrible prank to play on your family and friends.

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One of the 3 pictures below is of a modified tea bag. Can YOU tell the difference?

Step 1: You will need...

Here's what you'll need:

• A few tea bags
• Gravy granules
• A sharp craft knife
• Sellotape
• A tea loving friend with a sense of humour (or not, it's up to you!)

Comments

[claramecium]

that is ssssssooooooooo cruel!

[bpfh]

Better to open up the bag where the string goes in, and fill there, then just use a staple to close the bag and lock the string back in place... No tape to float off into your brew!

[mykiscool]

It could just poison your friends a little. Lol

[tahirhh]

Did you by any chance get this idea roughly from an episode of "Only Fools and Horses"? Where granddad (or uncle Albert, I can't remember which) accidentally uses the coffee powder for gravy and the gravy granules for coffee at a dinner party at their house with Casandra's parents.
P.S. I also live in Surrey

[Jayefuu]

He he no. That does remind me of a story my mum told me. She got served gravy instead of tea when she visited an old lady. :D

[Shadow13!]

I have on relative that accidentally put parmigiana in their coffee instead of creamer and another who accidentally put creamer on his pasta. speaking of non-dairy creamer have you seen how flammable it is, go Myth Busters.

[porcupinemamma]

I once accidentaly ironed all my husbands shirts with window cleaner-I don't iron anymore...

[bajablue]

LOL! ;-O)

[pie R []ed]

try ironing again but this time with a video camera.

[porcupinemamma]

;0)

[bajablue]

lol... This is another "napkins-REQUIRED" prank. Gravy out the nose is probably pretty messy! ;-O)

[Plasmana]

I am sooo doing this at my college, everybody drinks way too much tea here, hehe

[Jayefuu]

There's no such thing as too much tea! But cool. :D

Try get a video please!

[Plasmana]

no such thing as too much tea  :P

:S I am not too sure if the staff and the students want to be put on youtube of them spiting 'tea' on the floor...

[valhallas_end]

Most of the people on Youtube are there against their will...

[Mauigerbil]

Yah. there is a vid of me gettin mah ears pierced there... Moms never listen.....

[Plasmana]

Yeah, it quite obvious :)

[albylovesscience]

 i was thinking of pranking someone who always trys to drink the milk,juice,etc from the bottle i was thinking  blender or food processor +milk+hot pepperz+wasabi  then putting the mix in the bottle 

[itwasalan]

Us carton drinkers are simply reducing our environmental impact by not dirtying dishes ; )

[Mauigerbil]

saying that, what about the impact on the enviroment of the carton itself?

[melissa_0785]

you should so do it! i cant stand when people do that, once i see some one drink out of the bottle , i have to go buy a new gallon of what ever they drank out of. like its to hard to get a cup. i might try this out myself

[karrro]

lolololololololololololololololololololololololololiololololololololololololol

[rabidpotatochip]

This is why I drink loose tea!

If someone wants to replace my leaves with chunks of meat that's just fine though. =p

[bwalton]

So I live in Korea and it is quite surprising what gets sold and served as "tea". My wife and I were served thyme tea, was told it was tea so the not so unfamiliar flavor threw me off. Cinnamon as so gets brewed plain and in much more holiday tasting water.

So i would sudeggest sticking with the really gross gravy or spicy. But the sent will give it all away if the mark is paying attention.

[Semilove]

What a great idea! I'm using this for next year!

[bondagebonni]

OMG i wish i saw this a few days ago.. must wait for another april fools day.. hope you win

[Jayefuu]

Thanks :D Vote and I might ;)

[Kryptonite]

I know I will be, this would make a serious "wtf?" face on any tea drinker!

[KnexFreek]

 HOW DO YOU GET 6000 VEIWS IN UNDER 2 WEEKS???

[icebird]

Might I suggest crushed, dried habanero pepper?

[icebird]

Could also add a bit of cumin for that fresh armpit taste.

[lane29]

cinnimon

[Jayefuu]

Toooooooooo evil perhaps? :D

[valhallas_end]

You could tone it down and use Cajun seasoning - many of the mixes look just like tea, and though the flavor is excellent on meat, I can't imagine the tastiness would translate to tea.  I suppose chili seasonings or curry mixes could work well, too.
I should really try this for April Fools Day (retrograde payback).  Most of my family drinks tea, and I suppose if you ground those granules well enough they'd be easily concealable in coffee mixes...

[alphabetgirl]

Doesn't the gravy dissolve?  I'm thinking of the USA 'instant buillon' soups. There'd be nothing left in the tea bag, if they take it out before drinking.

The herbal suggestions sound good, as they'd still be visible in the bag.

 

[albetcha]

True dat! You'd almost have to just remove a portion of the tea or so, and replace w/ equal amts. of fun stuff to keep it realistic in the very end.

This would be awesome for the people who would have to wash out their tea cups. You know the people I'm talking about! Never washed in #amt of years.

[Jayefuu]

Don't forget to film it :D

[valhallas_end]

I will try, but we've historically failed at filming pranks.  For some reason, everyone in my family associates video cameras with practical jokes (probably my dad's fault!), and we all learned how to spot hidden cameras in passing.  I'll need a clever system indeed for this year...

[pie R []ed]

Try placing the camera under a loosely woven cloth. You can't see the camera but it can see you...

[valhallas_end]

Heh, that may work, but I'd have to find a reason to have a cloth hanging/lying anywhere - clutter is normally eradicated in our house.  Now that I think about it though, I may be able to get away with "it's on the charger" or "it's hooked up to TV to watch [some video]", a fairly regular occurrence that may go unnoticed on April 1st.
Or, I could be really mean and walk around with the camcorder all morning - incite some paranoia, maybe?