A little tea history site:
http://www.tea.co.uk/tGloriousT/
Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA
On Sep 7, 2004, at 1:11 AM, Siddiq wrote:
>
> On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:56:46 +1000, Andrew Fildes
> <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
> FWIW, as the resident indian on the list (any more desis? speak up
> yaar!),
> i will add that 'chai' (ch pronunced like chile) is hindi/urdu for tea
> (generally taken w/ milk [*]):) don't know the origins of hindi, but
> urdu
> is an amalagam of arabic, hindi, and persian. chai (ch pronounced sh
> like
> shanghai) is also arabic for tea, drunk w/o milk/cream, but often lots
> of
> sugar and boiled w/ mint leaves. very good stuff.
>
>
> --
> /S
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> email/msn:msidd004atstudentdotucrdotedu
>
> [*] all the tea i had in india this last year was INCREDIBLE; made w/
> buffalo milk, which is richer than cow's milk, and VERY VERY GOOD! if
> you
> get a chance, give it a shot, don't worry about getting sick, i lived
> in
> USA practically all my life and i dindt get sick there!
>
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