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Purring cup of tea

Im just after pouring myself a cup of tea in a standard mug that I've used many times before. After pouring the tea I sat down at my desk and heard a wierd sort of purring/croaking sounds, a search later made me realise it was coming from my cup of tea and it actually sounded like a little creature was in my cup of a metal ball or something was spinning around in it. What causes this noise? Is it just the cup in the heat of the tea? And why have i never heard this before?

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petethebloke says:

I've seen this caused by 2 things. One is when there is a flaw in the glaze or a crack in the cup; this can cause the absorbent ceramic underneath the glaze to take in moisture and bubble out air. The second is when the cup is wet on the outside and the base is in a little puddle; the warmed air in the space under the base expands and bubbles out of the side through the water.

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