After several test runs with different teas and paper, I've decided on black tea on somerset velvet off-white paper.

For the first tea leaf reading, I read a tortoise, which is supposed to mean that I'll be criticized at some point in the near future. From there, I researched for quotes relating to criticism and found one from Elbert Hubbard. Ironically, looking closely at the tea stains, there's a lizard (ok, it might looked more like Godzilla, but Godzilla still counts as a lizard, right?) and a bear, which suggests a long trip in the furture, as well as a plot from enemies. Hubbard died on the Lusitania, the ocean liner stuck by Nazi torpedoes.