Friday, July 5, 2013

When is the right time to take tea by Puneet Rajhans

When is the right time to take tea

When is the right time to take tea. Well, there is no direct evidence to suggest tea taken at a particular time of the day is beneficial vis-a-vis tea not taken the rest of the day. What is to be kept in mind is to avoid taking tea sprinkled with ginger late in the night as it leads to acidity and gas formation. And these twin challenges are felt the next morning and there is no easy way out. If you hadn't had good sleep, the urge to take tea may flow from a splitting headache or you may prefer to skip the tea altogether if the situation does not warrant the same. Some take tea high with tea leaves, little milk and no sugar; some do with moderate quantity of tea leaves, milk and sugar. And diehard milk aficionados take tea that calls for milk and milk alone and no water.   The decision to take tea is tantamount to a decision made to get active; skipping the same leads one to carry the tag of being inert and ineffective.

Morning hours
As for morning hours some take tea before walk, some post walk and post exercise. During walk and exercise they are exercised with the thought of what their tea would be, would they be served more than one cup and if so the quantity of milk and sweetener would be as alarming as the previous one. During exercise they exercise their mind on all such issues probably believing that a cup of tea would give them clues. When they start having tea they forget all that crossed their mind during exercise and now they are prise open to suggestion that tea the following hours would be of suitable size. Tea and tone of conversation have a lot in common; say some starting with subtle hint of anger and transporting to full blown anger has a lot to do with the tea they desired and not getting the same all those coming in the line of fire.

Visiting tourist locale
If you are visiting a tourist locale, the first sight that would greet you would be a tea vendor parked here or there,  the tea cart probability to appear now and then depending on the numbers of visitors who throng and take care. Around the tea carts who have gathered around them, the conversation veers to the town weather and the 24X7 whisper, setting the stage to let the cart owner come out in detail the places from where he procured milk, tea leaves and water. Tea cart owner makes it a point to sizeably display the glasses and cups to sizeably argue that he has been consistently meeting stiff targets and enamoured by the tea flavour some customers express desire to hand him a new cup/glass storing bucket. To boost tourism potential some are even taken to guided tea garden tours ; amidst tea gardens some plucking tea leaves and getting clicked and some disappearing on spotting tea wardens.

Tea breaks
As for those working in private or perennial sector, there are provisions for tea breaks. When working people enter offices in the morning, the office intentionally provides the morning cuppa to show solidarity that the tea at home was not up to their expectations. During lunch break they take meals that essentially make up of cake to set the stage later for a tea break. During tea break conversations veer around home rage and how most of them are on the same page leading to a least conventional debate on ensuring tranquility with a hike in wage. During working hours working people constantly look at the board that grandly declares "tea is served here, work fast to get in the right gear". The day the tea is not served, they get hurt and excessively blurt. Some even take tea break as an excuse to get out of office to try tea from nearby vendor with a clear desire that tea breaks alone can keep them away from getting tired. Officewallahs bring home the point that if ever the office desires to do away with tea break, the office files would be disposed in a lake.

Tea is here to stay howsoever fast you may grey. During debates/dissension tea can't be kept in suspended session. Quantum of tea being consumed has risen ever since the debate on who can take the top chair with no corrosion. Let the debate be on the quantum of sleep we get and quantum of heat we bet; the debate has to be on tea and those willing to provide for free.

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