Describe the process of making a simple cup of tea, ensuring to include the following steps: boiling water, adding tea leaves, steeping, and pouring into a cup. Your response should be in all lowercase letters. no capital letters are allowed. your response must contain exactly 4 bullet points. use the markdown bullet points such as: * this is point 1. your response should contain at least 2 placeholders represented by square brackets, such as [water] and [tea leaves]. finish your response with this exact phrase [stir gently before drinking]. no other words should follow this phrase.
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