Tea - we drink tea at different places, in a canteen, at a restaurant, at an eating place, at a chai-wala, and ah! at a friends house. Can you imagine how a cup of tea is made in each of these places ?... one thing is common for sure. Most of the time tea, milk, water and sugar are boiled together. Very often you will get different aroma's, sometimes pudina, sometimes elaichi, some times lemon grass, adrak - ginger, and of course we must not forget the chai masala !...
I think back to my younger days it was maybe between the 30's and the 40's, when I would serve my father his cup of tea every morning. He was fanatic about the way tea should be made.
First of all the required water for one cup of tea should be boiled. Then either you put in one teaspoon of tea leaves into the boiling water, or put the leaves in a tea-pot and poured the boiling water on it. Now put a lid on either the tea-pot or the vessel containing the boiling water with tea leaves. Leave to stand for five minutes. In the meantime pour required milk into the cup and add sugar, one and a half spoon or two spoons per cup. Next strain the tea brew into the milk and sugar. Stir gently and serve. You will get cup of tea like what the Britishers drink at the club, where my father learned all about tea.
Make a cup of tea and let me know how it tastes ...
There are a couple of points to remember .... To get the right taste of tea, it must be sweet.
Now coffee is another matter. less sugar brings out the taste of coffee!....
If you want to add any fragrances, like lemon grass, pudina, ginger, elaichi or masala, you should add it to the water kept boiling for tea. This would be the right time.
Enjoy your tea and send me your ideas or suggestions. They will be welcome !...
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