Is Spill the Tea Replacing Spill the Beans?

And Why Does It Annoy Me So Much?

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What does 'Spill the beans' mean? It tells someone else the deep dark juicy secrets that should never see the light of day. For generations in America, it has been used from airing dirty laundry to the deepest darkest secrets.

Where did the saying come from?