Sunday
07:30 a.m: Wake up after a few hours sleep. Stayed over at Shaji's place, after some good drinks and private screening of "Varekai"a circus DVD by Cirque du Solleil. Had good strong milk tea prepared by Betsy. Only the other day when we visited Shaji's place, and Betsy made tea, came the remark, "The best tea I've had in a long time". But, today Betsy outdid herself. Needless to say, the breakfast that followed was neat too.
11:00 a.m: Shaji comes to drop us at Aro's place and Sunil joins us. Probably inspired by Betsy, Shaji prepares tea. I have never seen a man so dedicated to a cause. For half and hour, he labored to prepare the four cups of tea. The result: the most awful, tasteless tea that you can have anywhere. A more detailed and accurate description is here.
Shaji: We all love you. You do a wonderful job of mixing the drinks ( I particularly loved the small whiskey, large soda in a bottle mix that you did last night), but please don't ever (and I mean, ever) make tea. Please!
04:00 p.m: Reach Prashant's place and have good strong north indian style tea (extra milk, with CTC tea leaves boiled a few times). Conversations, insights and foresights later, move out and hang out.
08:00 p.m: After shopping for CDs, DVDs, and books (all by Aro - he bought at least a dozen CDs and the entire Calvin and Hobbes collection!), we went to Sector 37 and visited a place called "Teasta" - the tea shop. Sampled Darjeeling tea and was disappointed as it was served with a hint of milk. Sampled the iced tea, which was awesome. Bought some tea leaves and later, had samosas from a shop I used to frequent when I stayed in Noida.
Monday
00:10 a.m: Made tea from the leaves bought earlier from Noida. Now settled in front of the TV, sipping the tea and watching the Euro 2008 final match between Spain and Germany.
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7 comments:
I saw strangers from the collection last night....
and it is GOOD !!!
the Tea :D i think Shaji did something that will stick with him for the rest of his life now :D
its been a tea-happening day for u :D
glad that u tried t shop finally.......u shud have tried the muffins also there....its totally value for money.......
@Om
Nice, nice. Plan to see a few of them today.
Yeah, Shaji has to live to with it forever now.
@Deeps
The muffins! Damn! Missed it!
So help me understand the concept of strong milk tea.
And, aap phir gayab ho gaye. Isi sheher mein hote hue.
@RT
Strong milk tea: The opposite of light milk tea. Comprehende?
Poor Shaji!:-D
Just wish the final was held a day earlier...
I prefer liquor tea to milk tea. What is your opinion about liquor tea?
@Butterfly
Oh! I have liquor tea or black tea every day! Darjeeling tea was meant to be had that way!
But when I am traveling, especially to North India, I prefer their multi-boiled tea. Can't expect them to prepare half decent black tea. Anyway, the tea leaves they use is also not meant for black tea. As you might have guessed by now, I am passionate about my tea :)
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