(Published in The Camellia, April-June 2007. Copyright Dr.Ritu Arora)
Now if the Special Squad can't track you down via fingerprints, or just looking at those guilt-filled eyes, it looks like your "aroma fingerprint" just might find you out. Each human has at least 44 chemical compounds in their odors that can be distinguished, and aside from assisting in identification, can be used in forensic studies to determine true causes behind crimes, deaths, or other misdemeanors. Hey, but I’m not ‘just out of CID’ trying to find criminals. If I were a bee, I’d be talking about the importance of Pheromones! I’m just you regular ‘Chai Freak’, and all I can talk about is my cuppa.
One of the most versatile beverages that we enjoy now and then is tea. It comes in so many various textures and flavors that are suitable to virtually every palette.
Okay, who loves tea? ME ME ME! Folks all across the tea industry are enjoying this on a daily basis. They can't help it, just like you can't help it. It's in our blood. If you happen to be an ardent tea lover, there could not be a better way to enjoy a cuppa than brewing the leaves and making tea is a fulfilling experience. I bet! You would love to have and offer.
Nothing like waking up to the smell of steaming hot cuppa chai...fragrance.
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests tea, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of aromatic chai and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite, telling his guests to help themselves to the tea.
When all had a cup of tea in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
“Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the tea. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink! What all of you really wanted was tea, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups. . . . and then you began eyeing the other person’s cup.
“Now consider this: Life is the tea; the jobs, money, and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define or change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the tea. God brews the tea, not the cups. Sit back, relax and just enjoy your chai!"
“The happiest people I know don’t have the best of everything. They simply make the best of everything they have.”
Oh that tea would be the favorite of all my friends. We could have tea whenever we get together. It's a shame that not everyone likes tea. I can understand it though. It's got a little bit of a delicate flavor.
O noble cup of golden dew
We thank each passing day for you
A twist of lemon, and sugar, two
There is so much to do with you
The scent of tea reaches out,
Wafting through the kettle spout
I pour myself a cup of you,
O chai, truly wondrous brew!
Now if the Special Squad can't track you down via fingerprints, or just looking at those guilt-filled eyes, it looks like your "aroma fingerprint" just might find you out. Each human has at least 44 chemical compounds in their odors that can be distinguished, and aside from assisting in identification, can be used in forensic studies to determine true causes behind crimes, deaths, or other misdemeanors. Hey, but I’m not ‘just out of CID’ trying to find criminals. If I were a bee, I’d be talking about the importance of Pheromones! I’m just you regular ‘Chai Freak’, and all I can talk about is my cuppa.
One of the most versatile beverages that we enjoy now and then is tea. It comes in so many various textures and flavors that are suitable to virtually every palette.
Okay, who loves tea? ME ME ME! Folks all across the tea industry are enjoying this on a daily basis. They can't help it, just like you can't help it. It's in our blood. If you happen to be an ardent tea lover, there could not be a better way to enjoy a cuppa than brewing the leaves and making tea is a fulfilling experience. I bet! You would love to have and offer.
Nothing like waking up to the smell of steaming hot cuppa chai...fragrance.
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests tea, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of aromatic chai and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite, telling his guests to help themselves to the tea.
When all had a cup of tea in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
“Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the tea. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink! What all of you really wanted was tea, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups. . . . and then you began eyeing the other person’s cup.
“Now consider this: Life is the tea; the jobs, money, and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define or change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the tea. God brews the tea, not the cups. Sit back, relax and just enjoy your chai!"
“The happiest people I know don’t have the best of everything. They simply make the best of everything they have.”
Oh that tea would be the favorite of all my friends. We could have tea whenever we get together. It's a shame that not everyone likes tea. I can understand it though. It's got a little bit of a delicate flavor.
O noble cup of golden dew
We thank each passing day for you
A twist of lemon, and sugar, two
There is so much to do with you
The scent of tea reaches out,
Wafting through the kettle spout
I pour myself a cup of you,
O chai, truly wondrous brew!
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