Besides using the leaves to wrap up food, some people fold the leaves into inverted cones and use them as intoxicating cups. In Six Records of Floating Life, in the evening Yunniang enjoyed putting a gauze bag of fine tea leaves into a living lotus about to close; the next day she would remove the tea from the flower and drink it, turning a mere fragrance into a gustatory delight.
葉片除用來包紮食物，外緣向上微翹，成倒圓錐形，還有人乾脆以荷葉為杯，滿酌而飲。《浮生六記》裡，細心的芸娘喜歡傍晚用小紗囊裹少許茶葉，放入將閤的荷花裡，次日取出泡茶，將香氣由嗅覺轉化成了味覺。