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Saturday 26 July 2014

A cup of tea. UBC day 26


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Who does not like a hot cup of tea!!  A hot cup of tea is  refreshing and invigorating !  There is no fixed time to take tea. Any time is tea time. Immediately  after  we get up in the morning, we feel the need for a cup of tea. My husband takes two cups!  If there is slight delay in laying breakfast, there will be a demand for another cup!! Come 11 am, and the tea tray  is  on our tea trolley.  The timings are perfect.. In winter, even two cups are welcome. 4'0 clock is tea time,and before dinner one more cup can be had.Over and above, if some guests visit, tea is taken to give company to them. It is one of the pleasures of retired life, to take as much tea as you want.
                                   The method of making tea is an art. We don't like the tea which is made by boiling water, milk and sugar together.We like either tea bags, or tea made by boiling water separately.. Tea leaves are put in a tea pot, and boiling water is added to it. It must be allowed to brew for about two minutes. Milk and sugar are kept in separate pots. The flavour of tea prepared in this method is  heavenly. 'If tea is served  properly, the taste of  tea is not only doubled, but trebled !!




Written in response to Write Tribe  Ultimate Blog Challenge  Day  26
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8 comments:

  1. tea making is indeed an art!! though I don't drink much tea or coffee, but whenever I do, i like mine infused with ginger and a little cardamom boiled with the tea leaves...ah!

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    1. Thank you Titli for such beautiful comments.

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  2. I'm not much of a tea person myself. But making the perfect tea is an art! With the right amount of tea leaves, sugar and milk :)

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  3. I am a tea person too and i like my tea stronger with less milk. i like adrakwali chai, it peps me up.

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    1. Thanks Asha. I like adrakwali chai only in winters.

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  4. Tea making is an art indeed. I enjoy both coffee and tea equally, in fact hubby and me have tea on one morning and coffee on the next day :)

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    1. Thanks Reshma. It is interesting that you you take tea and coffee on alternate days.

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