Delhiwale: The mystery behind a curious tea tradition



The practice of serving chai in a glass tumbler placed inside a china cup is a part of the Walled City’s tea-drinking culture.


Old Delhi’s pavement tea stalls are notorious for their extra-sweet, extra-milky, extra-gingery chai. If you are a tea seller’s regular patron, he might add spoonfuls of malai too.
One aspect of the Walled City’s tea-drinking culture, however, has not been investigated by our city’s food chroniclers — the practice of serving chai in a glass tumbler placed inside a china cup.
Why this gimmick? After all, in the rest of the city, pavement stalls serve tea either in a glass tumbler or in a cup.

 http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/delhiwale-the-mystery-of-a-curious-tea-tradition/story-frly9jRzY2JSK6jw9hOtwI.html

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