Chai Ki Tapri (Tea Stall)
Chai (Tea) the only thing that anyone can have at any point of time without any reason or say they will find a reason to have that chai.
In India tea is considered as the most essential need for the day. People can stay without food but they this thing called Chai (Tea). Some drink tea to complement with an excuse to smoke, some go for it to chat either business and even non-sense. Some drink it just to pass their time while bird watching.
But no one takes it seriously.
But the best part is that everyone likes to have it from a specific small place on the corner of the road also known as Chai Ki Tapri (Tea Stall).
Tea stalls are small-time vendors who primarily sell tea, coffee and milk along small road-side shops in India. Tea stalls have a movable kitchen set up either with a kerosene or an LPG stove. Indians gather at tea stalls right from daybreak to have a fresh coffee or tea.
Some enterprising tea stalls sell soft drinks, cigars, betel leafs and betel nuts, gutka and newspapers too. Tea stalls generally have strong local knowledge and thus often become human Yellow Pages and discussion tables for the respective localities.
Hot drinks are traditionally served not in a cup-and-saucer but in a metal or glass drinkware called a "tumbler". In South India, a metal tumbler is usually placed inside a squatter, broader metal vessel called a "davaraa".
When a shop operator is asked to cool a cup of coffee or tea for the customer, a skilled server can pour the hot liquid from tumbler to davaraa and back with a flourish. The liquid stays stretched out almost horizontally as the vessels whiz past, collecting it in each direction. Not a drop is spilled, and the drink gathers an impressive froth.
Some enterprising tea stalls sell soft drinks, cigars, betel leafs and betel nuts, gutka and newspapers too. Tea stalls generally have strong local knowledge and thus often become human Yellow Pages and discussion tables for the respective localities.
Hot drinks are traditionally served not in a cup-and-saucer but in a metal or glass drinkware called a "tumbler". In South India, a metal tumbler is usually placed inside a squatter, broader metal vessel called a "davaraa".
When a shop operator is asked to cool a cup of coffee or tea for the customer, a skilled server can pour the hot liquid from tumbler to davaraa and back with a flourish. The liquid stays stretched out almost horizontally as the vessels whiz past, collecting it in each direction. Not a drop is spilled, and the drink gathers an impressive froth.
The best part of drinking from this stall, is sipping with noise like uuuussssssssssuuuuuussssssss
