Traveler's Tea

“You know, those who drink this never return.”

— Mystake to Wu, "Tick Tock"

Traveler's Tea
Information
Creator	Mystake Traveler's Tree
Owner/User	Ninja Wu Dogshank
First appearance	Tick Tock
Latest appearance	No Way Out? (flashback)
Status	Usable

Traveler's Tea is a hot beverage found in Ninjago and in the Never-Realm, with the power to create a portal warping users to certain locations, including other realms.

History

Tick Tock

Wu asked Mystake for this tea. Later, he used it to get to the Realm of Madness.

Day of the Great Devourer

Garmadon asked for the tea, but later went back on it.

The Last Resort

Jay and Nya were given Traveler's Tea. They mistakenly spilled it and knocked Dogshank into the portal. Then they used what was left of it for Jay to leave the lighthouse.

Big Trouble, Little Ninjago

The ninja are given Traveler's Tea in a teabag to go by Mystake to escape the Colossus and go to the Realm of Oni and Dragons.

A Cold Goodbye

The ninja fight Wu for the Traveler's Tea. However, Wu lies that the tea can work in the Never Realm.

The Kaiju Protocol

Wu and P.I.X.A.L. use Traveler's Tea to try and create a gateway for the ninja from the Never-Realm, only to end up accidentally bring back The Preeminent from the Departed Realm. After P.I.X.A.L. defeated the Preeminent, Wu used all the remaining tea they had to bring her back to her resting place.

Awakenings

The ninja give Sorla the Traveler's Tea leaves, hoping that she would be able to transport them back to Ninjago, but she needed something potent in order for the tea to work, due to Ninjago being far away and hard to reach. Cole hands her a berry from the Traveler's Tree, which successfully helped take them back to Ninjago.

Appearance

The tea leaves are yellow-gold petals that grow on trees. After brewing in water, the tea can have different colors. Sometimes it appears as transparent pure boiling water and other times it is purple or blue.

Abilities

Despite being a tea, no one has ever been seen drinking it. Usually, however, after spilling tea, a portal opens in the same place, which can transport the user to the place he thinks of, although this may not always be the case. The portal can transport the user to any place in Ninjago, but also in other realms, except the Never-Realm, as it requires berries from the Traveler's Tree. In "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago," when Jay opens the teabag that contains Traveler's Tea, swirling stars of lights surround them before they teleport away.

Preparation

After the tea leaves are peeled from a special tree, these leaves must be poured into the boiling water in the teapot. After brewing the tea, the tea may or may not pour into the cup.

Visited places

• Kingdom of Madness
• Tiger Widow Island
• Ed & Edna's Scrap N Junk
• Realm of Oni and Dragons
• Chima
• Cloud Kingdom
• Underworld
• Departed Realm

Appearances

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

• 7. "Tick Tock"
• 8. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" (mentioned)
• 13. "Day of the Great Devourer" (mentioned)

Season 6: Skybound

• 62. "The Last Resort"

Season 8: Sons of Garmadon

• 84. "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago" (tea leaves)

Season 9: Hunted

• 85. "Firstbourne" (tea leaf)

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

• 113. "A Cold Goodbye"
• 114. "The Never-Realm" (mentioned)
• 119. "The Traveler's Tree" (dream)
• 120. "Krag's Lament" (tea leaves)
• 123. "My Enemy, My Friend" (mentioned)
• 124. "The Kaiju Protocol"
• 128. "Awakenings" (tea leaves)

Ninjago Magazine

• 118. Escape from Nether-Space! (flashback)

Video Games

• Chen's Return (non-canon)

Trivia

• According to Wu, Traveler's Tea that has been grown in Ninjago won't work in the Never-Realm.
• The way how Traveler's Tea created by Mystake and being able to access the Departed Realm is similar to the Oni Masks, as they can also access the Departed Realm and are created by Oni. Unlike the Oni Masks, a portal that is created with the tea can open anywhere in the Departed Realm, making the chances of finding a specific deceased person lower and the risks of resurrecting someone dangerous higher (an example being the Preeminent in "The Kaiju Protocol") to resurrect a specific Oni with the Oni Masks, a ritual and the hair of the family of the specific Oni is also required.
• According to Yang in Way of the Departed, Traveler's Tea cannot access the Departed Realm, although this was proven to be false in "The Kaiju Protocol."
  • It is possible that Yang did not know about this.
• After the events of "The Kaiju Protocol," Traveler's Tea can no longer be obtained in Ninjago, as the last resources of it have been used and Mystake is deceased.
• Traveler's Tea comes in two forms: as brewed, or in a teabag to go.
• During the show, there are several ways to open the portal with this tea.
  • In "Tick Tock," Mystake says that those who drink this never return, although no one has ever been seen drinking this tea. In the same episode, Wu opens the portal by pouring tea around the fire next to which the portal opens.
  • In "The Last Resort," the portal opens when tea is poured from a teapot. The portal opens exactly where the tea was poured.
  • In "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago," tea is used only as tea leaves, which are wrapped in a teabag and, when opened, surround everything around, but the portal does not open.
  • In "The Kaiju Protocol," tea is poured from a teapot into a cup, and when the user moves the steam from the tea by hand, a portal opens where the steam has moved.

Gallery

In Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

Mystake making Traveler's Tea

A portal created by the tea

Season 6: Skybound

Season 8: Sons of Garmadon

"Tea to go"

Season 9: Hunted

Lloyd holding a Traveler's Tea leaf.

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

Cole with Traveler's Tea leaves from the Traveler's Tree.

Translations

Language	Name
Bulgarian	Пътешественически Чай
Chinese (Simplified)	穿越旅行茶
Portuguese (BRA)	Chá do Viajante