@chai2,
yeah....pretty cups are nice, but I ain't got the time for that, and h20 devices that cost a fortune, while I'm at work.
A tablespoon of chia in one 12 oz paper cup (I buy them online too, from a liquidator. I got starbucks this time, the case lasts me a couple of years. Who knows what will be available next time), pour in about a third full from the hot water dispenser, stir.
A spoonful (to taste) of tea in another cup, fill a little over 2/3 full from hot water dispenser.
Walk back to desk, delete a couple of emails, strain tea water into chia water, using one of those dime store strainers. Leave wet tea leaves in strainer over empty cup, to perhaps nibble on later (like tabaccy in the check of your mouth, only you end up swallerin' it.) Most of leaves get dumped out.
Repeat in afternoon.
Works for me.