You spice tea?!
We have new neighbours! They haven’t moved in yet....the decorators are in doing their thing for now. My uncle came from Jummah prayers today and saw one of these decorators.....being the person that he is, he offered to make the man some tea.
He came home and got to work.....started putting the kettle on and adding spices to the water. Ten minutes later the tea was ready (the tea wasn’t black tea......rather tea made with milk). Anyway, he poured the tea into the thermostat and took it to the decorator. However, he forgot to mention to the poor guy that it was tea with spice (he was an English man who was used to drinking normal tea without spice). The man tasted the tea.......the look on his face was priceless!
Poor guy kept gulping down the tea......eventually he finished it but he returned the thermostat saying.......“I wouldn’t mind some of that next time”. Although I wonder is this English politeness or did he genuinely like the tea?
Guess only way to find out is making him more tea.....and watching the look on his face!
He came home and got to work.....started putting the kettle on and adding spices to the water. Ten minutes later the tea was ready (the tea wasn’t black tea......rather tea made with milk). Anyway, he poured the tea into the thermostat and took it to the decorator. However, he forgot to mention to the poor guy that it was tea with spice (he was an English man who was used to drinking normal tea without spice). The man tasted the tea.......the look on his face was priceless!
Poor guy kept gulping down the tea......eventually he finished it but he returned the thermostat saying.......“I wouldn’t mind some of that next time”. Although I wonder is this English politeness or did he genuinely like the tea?
Guess only way to find out is making him more tea.....and watching the look on his face!
Labels: Life
Posted by NATIVE at 4/07/2006 07:06:00 PM::
3 Comments:
LOl!!
poor dude, he just needs sometime to adjust, SA holds me to ransom now everytime we are in somali household ( mine or MD's)
The conversation usually starts with SA saying..
N...you know i love you.. and if i could make it i would for you..
i don't SA has realised it isn't very good yet.. but eh :)
LOL when we lived in holland my mum made some tea for a dutch woman and watched her fish xawaash from the tea and chew on it whilst saying "Mmmm this is so nice"
Actually, spiced tea is becoming really popular in the States. It's called chai tea, and most cafes (eg Starbucks) serve them. I don't really like most of the brands, because they have not only cardamom and cinnamon but other spices like star anise, black pepper, and some even have chilli powder! Fortunately most grocery stores sell teas with all kinds of different spices. I just found one that has hayl and sanjabiil and have been overdosing on tea as a result :)
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