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Subject: Re: More on tea
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Date: Mon, 16-Apr-84 11:11:59 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 16 11:11:59 1984
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Whilst working in Iran in '76 I had occasion to work some week-ends
(Thursday & Friday over there) and one week-end the men that were
doing the office cleaning noticed that I hadn't taken a break in
the morning or at lunch-time.They invited me to join them for some
tea. 
  With trepidation (and probably quite a bit of latent prejudice) I
followed them down to their storage room ,where in addition to their
cleaning implements they had a small burner where they were boiling
some water.
 Squatting down to join them ,the "chy"(phoenetic) was handed to me
It was served in a smallish cup without a handle(slightly larger than
those used in Chinese retuarants).The tea appeared to be of an amber
colour(br) with twigs floating in it.I was then offered a bowl of
lump sugar and was shown how to drink the tea.Placing a lump of sugar
(BTW not very sweet) between the bottom lip and the lower set of front
teeth the tea is drunk and passes over sugar sweetening the tea as it
passes over the tongue and down the throat for one very very refreshing 
cup of tea.

  I was situated in Abadan which is in Arabistan province ,which is
heavily influenced by the arabic population ,so I'm not sure if
the method of drinking is mostly Iranian or Arabic .Either way
I'd like to hear from anyone who knows what type of teas are used
in this area (I was only in Iran for 6 months) and if they are
available (probably NYC) at reasonable prices.

		Dave Peak(pyuxhh!dxp)