Tea is a consumable item purchased for 100 D$ in Cyber City. A pink Addison sells the name-flavored tea based on who is currently in the party with Kris. The amount it heals and party responses change depending on which tea is given to whom. Notably, each character's own flavor heals them the least, and is commented to taste like water to them. Tea is not available on Snowgrave Route, or after defeating Spamton NEO on a normal route, as the Addison who sells it does not appear.
Kris Tea | Susie Tea | Ralsei Tea | Noelle Tea | |
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Kris | 10HP/40HP[note 1] | 120HP | 60HP | 70HP |
Susie | 120HP | 10HP/40HP[note 1] | 120HP | 120HP |
Ralsei | 120HP | 120HP | 10HP/40HP[note 1] | 50HP |
Noelle | 70HP | 400HP | 50HP | 10HP/40HP[note 1] |
Thrash Machine | 100HP | 100HP | 100HP | 100HP |
Flavor Text
Kris Tea | Susie Tea | Ralsei Tea | Noelle Tea | |
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Kris |
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Susie |
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... this is tea? |
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Ralsei |
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Um... isn't this water? | It's soft and sweet. |
Noelle | Tastes like cinnamon! (What is this aftertaste...?) | (Wonder if they sell this in gallons?) | There's nothing in here! | ... this is just water! You're pranking me, right?! |
Trivia
- It is implied that the flavor and healing levels for each tea are influenced by the characters' relationships with each other.
- Kris, Susie, and Ralsei's teas all heal each other 120 HP (with the exception of Ralsei Tea to Kris), signifying their strong friendship.
- Ralsei Tea to Kris being the exception implies that Kris may not be as close to Ralsei.
- Noelle Tea heals Susie 120 HP, signifying Susie's growing friendship with Noelle.
- Susie Tea heals Noelle 400 HP, most likely due to Noelle's crush.
- Noelle and Ralsei do not know each other very well, so their Teas heal each other very little.
- Noelle's reaction to the Kris Tea could reference the fact that while Noelle is friends with Kris (the cinnamon taste), she sometimes questions their friendship (the strange aftertaste). It could also be a reference to the Player's influence over Kris, which only Noelle seems to pick up on.
- Kris, Susie, and Ralsei's teas all heal each other 120 HP (with the exception of Ralsei Tea to Kris), signifying their strong friendship.
- Susie's comment that Kris Tea tastes like apple juice is because of the apple-scented shampoo that Kris uses, which can be found in their bathroom. During the "APPLE" spelling puzzle, Susie remarks that she always wanted to take a bite out of Kris because their hair smelled like apples. When she visits the house later in the game, it is implied she drank some of the shampoo from the bathroom when she went to wash her hands.
- Despite Noelle having her own unique quotes for Ralsei and Susie Tea, it is impossible for her to drink them during regular gameplay as she is no longer in the party by that point.
- The concept of the teas may be a reference to Sideways Stories from Wayside School, specifically the chapter about Maurecia in which their teacher makes classmate-flavored ice cream which tastes different to each student, and their own-flavored ice cream tastes like "nothing" to them.
- Toby Fox has commented on being a Wayside School fan during the Undertale 6th anniversary stream.[1]
- Toby Fox has confirmed that all Tea items that are taken into Chapter 3 will become a single item called "Rotten Tea" that heals only 10 HP.[2]
- This is similar to the "Fresh Milk" item from Mother 3, which turns into "Rotten Milk" if it remains in the inventory for five minutes, and also only heals 10 HP.
Notes
References
- ↑ UNDERTALE 6th Anniversary So We Play DELTARUNE Chapter 1 For Some Reason - LIVE! - YouTube
- ↑ https://bsky.app/profile/tobyfox.undertale.com/post/3lk2vp4qoyc27