21+ Tea Leaf Paradox Background. Jump to navigation jump to search. The tea leaf paradox describes a phenomenon where tea leaves in a cup of tea migrate to the center and bottom of the cup after being stirred rather than being forced to the edges of the cup, as would be expected in a spiral centrifuge.
Tea leaf paradox (secondary flows).
The solution first came from albert einstein in a 1926 paper. The whirlpool relies on what physicists call the tea leaf paradox. it's the phenomenon by which light particles, such as tea leaves or trub, collect in the center of a stirred vessel of liquid and settle to the bottom in a neat little pile after the stirring stops. The tea leaf paradox describes a phenomenon where tea leaves in a cup of tea migrate to the center and bottom of the cup after being stirred rather than being forced to the edges of the cup, as would be expected in a spiral centrifuge. The tea leaf paradox describes a phenomenon where tea leaves in a cup of tea migrate to the center and bottom of the cup after being stirred rather than being forced to the edges of the cup.