[ Breakfast and a nice little beverage. Except this isn't supposed to replace a tasty cup of coffee or juice. He lifts his mug, speaking at the rim of it and not bothering to hide the faintest trace of amusement at his breakfast companion's reaction. ]

...Most tea is "leaf litter."

[ Most of the patients he sees are kids, and they'll get candy to go along with it, but everyone else will simply have to deal with the bitterness. He rattles off an explanation, textbook. ]

You don't have this for the flavor. It calms the stomach, and helps reduce absorption of certain substances... like, say, alcohol. I don't know if drinking is what got us here, after all.

[ Because he doesn't remember. And it's better to deal with all that before taking any meds. ]