The shell of the Herbal Tea Egg had been dyed a dark brown but one could still see it was originally a white egg.
Concerning chicken eggs, the grandpa had quite a bit of knowledge. For example, the color of the eggshell depended on the types of feed the hens ate at some specific periods. The hens laid eggs with different color eggshells based on the type of feed they ingested.
Therefore, just by using common sense, one could tell that those chicken eggs with dark-colored eggshell on the market that were said to come from cage-free chickens were a bunch of bullsh*t.
The Herbal Tea Egg in front of the grandpa was larger than ordinary eggs, with an oval shape and a perfect figure.
After he peeled off the eggshell, the grandpa discovered something odd. Usually, there would be an egg membrane covering the egg. The harder it was to peel off, the fresher was the egg. For this one, on the contrary, the membrane was peeled off quite easily.
