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Misti : Oh, my God!

Mohit : Daddy, let’s send Misti to a school in Tibet.

Misti : I wouldn’t mind going to a school in Tibet. I wouldn’t then have to listen to your
remarks, Mohit.

Daddy : China is also a tea-drinking country. China knew tea drinking 4,000 years ago.
Tea went to the western countries about 300 years ago. We in India caught the
tea-drinking habit from England. We have tea gardens in India. India and Sri

Lanka export the tea to the western countries.

Misti : Why do we call tea ‘chay’ Daddy?
Daddy : Tea was once pronounced as Tey Tey. comes from the Chinese Cahy. So our cha
is more correct than tea.

Mohit : Chay in tray!

pickers : those who gather tea-leaves
Misti : How is tea in its market form made?

Daddy : There are pickers in a tea-garden. They pick the young tea-leaves. Two leaves
and a bud (unopened flower) — that’s how they pick. These picked leaves are
spread on trays to dry. The dry leaves are rolled. They undergo heating and
flavouring treatments. Then they are ready for the market.

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