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I'm sorry, friend, but it seems you've missed the point, which is that something like "tea" can mean wildly different things - as evidenced by the contents of this thread. That's why you specify whether you're asking for a teabag, a cup of tea, iced tea, green tea, chai tea, a box of tea or whatever. Tuna, however, is always a fish. The concept is simple and so is the difference between the two.
Do you get it now? It's really not that hard.
Minus the iced tea, which is a transformed product you would order by name, those are all just tea. Like most restaurants they would bring you a cup of hot water and some varied sachets including everything you just mentioned and all would be good.
It's like if you ordered coffee and they brought you a tiramisú, you'd be like
I don't think you're getting it and you seem to be a little agitated, are you ok?