Random tea thing I just HAD to share

[dr4b]

We have a bunch of different tea bags available in the tea/coffee room here at work. I've been drinking hot tea all week since my throat is sore.

Today I noticed we have a Tazo chai tea teabag, and I love chai so I thought I'd try it.

It sure smells like chai, but doesn't taste nearly as good as the stuff I think of as chai.

I've left the teabag in the mug as I drink it. The less and less liquid there is in the mug, the worse it tastes, but the better it smells.

Comments

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

Chai is most directly borrowed from some version of Indian, because us whities are too lazy to say masala chai (which is basically just "spiced tea") -- but the word is highly preserved across languages (cha, chai, tea, thé, ...) so it's clearly a recent addition to the lexicon.

[leora.livejournal.com]

Well, in all fairness... "masala chai" is 4 whole syllables and "chai" is just one. We're mortal and time is ticking. We need to cut corners where we can. We just can't afford 3 extra syllables.

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

Heh :)

Almost unrelated: I just learned that breakfast in portuguese (at least in northern Brazil) is "morning coffee."