sipping tea
Present participle of "to sip tea" usually a meme in social media or chat room context of quietly, discretely or otherwise shrewdly taking part in verbal disclosure of some valuable, interesting or otherwise useful information. Whether in context of gossip or rumors about a celebrity or an important event or other information of value to the listener. The listener quietly sips tea as they drink in the information also.
Example:
Person A - what are you doing?
Person B - sitting here getting my fix of celebrity gossip, sipping tea.
Person A - what are you doing?
Person B - sitting here getting my fix of celebrity gossip, sipping tea.