>>39954873>The tea isnt living but its actually possesedThey even list it as the Black Tea pokemon and that it gives itself to people it likes to be drank.
At this point its the same thing. They just wanted to make a Tea pokemon because Galar = England.
If anything it would be better to be a possesed teapot that steals the tea people make in it, playing into the Tsukumogami myth.