# Internet of Tea

> Here is a quick update about a more frivolous use-case of the Things Network that we started a couple of weeks ago when thinking of things to do with our Things

- Type: Community update
- Community: [The Things Network Leeds and Bradford](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/leeds-bradford/)
- Author: Stuart Lowe
- Published: 2018-03-09
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/leeds-bradford/post/internet-of-tea

Here is a quick update about a more frivolous use-case of the Things Network that we started a couple of weeks ago when thinking of things to do with our [Things Node](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/devices/node/). We decided to use the button to record each time we made a hot drinks in our space at ODI Leeds. The data feeds into a live visualisation of our tea and coffee consumption. As almost everyone who visits our space makes themselves a hot drink, the aim was to provide a simple, interactive, talking point that we could use as an excuse to chat about the Things Network and get people thinking about other uses. And so the [Tea Totaller](https://odileeds.org/tea) was born.

When the Things Node button is pressed it sends the temperature, light and battery levels along with the reason for the trigger (interval, button, accelerometer etc). We add a datestamp. We store all the resulting packets and generate some summary JSON files that then drive our visualisation. Aside from overall totals, the most obvious visualisation was a daily total graph. Then we added graphs that binned the data by month, by hour of day and - using the temperature sensor - by ambient temperature. Do we (and our co-workers) conform to British stereotypes of stopping for afternoon tea? Do we make more hot drinks when it is colder? As we collect the data we'll find out the answers.