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Problem observing secondary flow in the Tea Leaf Paradox

I read about the Tea Leaf Paradox on Wikipedia, but didn't understand enough, so I wanted to see the secondary flow with an experiment. I set it up and filmed this. It's water and some tea from different tea bags. I stir it for a minute and then see what happens when the stirring stops.

I am not able to see the secondary flow as shown in this figure from the Wikipedia article:

Secondary flow

Am I doing something wrong?