Breaking of Beakers

The protective apparatus and generally sterile atmosphere of the ceremony yesterday, far from giving people confidence that all steps are being taken to protect their well-being, actually caused further fear and trepidation.  Now everybody is terrified to go near the used beakers after each ceremony of Filling up of Beakers, in case they have been cross-contaminated.

We are therefore introducing a new ceremony - the Breaking of Beakers.  We have just finished digging a seven feet deep hole, down onto the underlying Greensand.  After each ritual pouring of beakers, the vasifer will bring the beaker outside the boundaries of the Orchard, stand at the edge of the hole, and sling the beaker into the depths to break.
For the time being it is just a silly ritual to appease the panic of the middle-class Daily-Mail reading Worried Well.  But give us a few weeks and we'll probably think of some kind of spiritual justification for it all.