teacups
The neighborhood tea.
Anonymous. Disappearing.
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The neighborhood tea.
Anonymous. Disappearing.
Grab a teacup and see what's going on.
Here's what yours might sound like.
Tea leaves are magical and make the world go around. You grow a couple of new ones just for checking in. Earn more tea leaves by actively chatting, or buy them if you must. You will need them to tap into teapots anywhere on the map.
Use your tea leaves to get in on the tea anywhere in the world. The more specific you want your magic teacup to be, the more tea leaves you'll have to use. When you're using magic, you can only follow along without adding to the chat.
Feeling the urge to connect with a specific someone? Buy a Teaspoon. If they also have a Teaspoon, both of you can privately connect in your own two-person Teacup. If you're both sure you want to connect deeper, teacups can simultaneously reveal the verified phone numbers from your Teaspoon purchase. If one of you isn't feeling it, break the Teacup and walk away. Anonymous, mutual, and as secure as anonymity allows.
The tastiest tea can rise to the surface. Users upvote the wildest neighborhood moments, which are then filtered by AI and approved by community vote before they hit the feed for everyone to have a sip.
Set a home location and teleport back for free from anywhere. Whether you're traveling, at work, or on the road, you won't have to miss a single drop from home. Your location stays on your device — we never see it. You can set it for free once per year, and you're not allowed to use a public location. If you need to change it earlier, it'll cost you, but it's doable.
No sign-up. No profile. You get a random color and shape. Nobody knows who you are unless you choose to reveal. No ads. No algo.
No minors allowed. Seriously. Don't ruin a good thing. Report a message that credibly suggests it came from a minor so that a community reviewer can check.
Chat with people around you, in your neighborhood, or across your city. You choose the size of your teacup. We even have a monster teacup available if you're out in the country.
Public messages vanish after 4 hours of inactivity. Gone from the app, gone from the feed.
Your neighbors keep things civil. Bullies get reported, reviewed, and banned. No huge corporate overlords.
Tap a Magic Teacup anywhere in the world, and messages are automatically translated into your language. Powered by Apple's on-device translation instead of the cloud.
Share what you see. Send photos and short videos right in the chat. Set them to disappear after 1, 2, or 3 views.
Check in on the neighborhood from your wrist. Sip mode for a quick read, Flow mode for live updates.
No name, email, or phone number needed to use teacups. Teaspoons needs to verify your phone number for safety and mutual assent. Whether you're chatting on your block or sipping tea across the world, nobody knows who anyone is unless they choose to reveal.
No account needed. You're instantly assigned a random color and shape as your identity.
teacups uses your location to connect you with people nearby. It's never shared with users.
That's it. Say what's on your mind. Ask what that noise was. Share the neighborhood tea.
We want teacups to be a global phenomenon and to bring neighbors together to chat again with a bit of extra fun. While we're figuring things out after launch, your teacup might be bigger than a neighborhood. When fewer people are nearby, teacups widens the circle so you always have someone to talk to. As more neighbors join, the circle tightens — block by block — until you're chatting with the people right around you.
That's the goal. Help us get there.