For the love of Tea!

Srinu's chai


Himani's chai


Aunty's kehwa and nun-chai [the salty kashmiri chai]



Gopadi's bengali chai



Jenny's maramiah tea




Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh................... Here I go - on a tea trip down the memory lane!


Be it the mountains...



Or by the sea...


On a desert highway...


Or the coziness of a room...

Be it a coffee shop

or chai green at Finjaan....

It's the memory associated that makes 'tea' the most relished thing on Earth!

"I love company. I love solitude. I love TV. I love movies. I love sunsets. I love books. I love tea. I love drinking tea in company or alone, watching TV or a movie, reading a book or watching sunset."

This is what I had written about myself somewhere else in the cyberspace.

It is going to be midnight, I have to be up by 6am tomorrow and I am wide awake! I had slept off in the evening on the couch for a couple of hours - woke up all stiff. I went down for a stroll to the ATM machine, came back, had tea and have been trying to get back to normal life which is staying up late, replying to emails, browsing, telling friends how much they mean to me:-)
With exams and all that I didn't realise how January is almost over.

Since I am not sleepy I thought I will add something on "tea" here:

Be it home, University of Hyderabad, NCST, IIIT or PSU, tea has brought me closer to some people - all I can say. It's not just people who drink tea - even those who do not drink tea are closer as they give their share of tea to me! It brings me smiles as I recollect how I had double tea on the Godavari cruise. Himani is the best! I will never forget the patience she has to make tea for us though she would be tired. And to think she wouldn't have it. My love for tea started with Dad of course. It's fun to scream into the kitchen for tea when there is heavy cooking going on. I love the in-between meals tea very much. The morning/evening, after breakfast tea are regular, but the 'irregular' ones are the best ones.

The kettles come in different shapes, the heat from different sources - wood, gas, electricity, the cups are made of paper, glass, china or steel, the place to have tea is anywhere and the time to have it is anytime!





I can go on and on....

If given my way I would like to resize the pictures - but I let it go. It's nice to be non-anal sometimes, I feel. Winding up with a few more memories....