Before you start to read, this tea making video by Sanjeev Kapoor had the maximum views on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVmV1tJ1YPo . Now for the story.
Got up early today. Pretty early. If little early, it would have been yesterday. Since it was early and nothing to do I decided to make Tea, a'good tea’. There is a saying that ‘Where there is tea; there is hope’What is a good tea? is open for a big discussion. Where and with whom too matters.
US President Abraham Lincoln had great thoughts. Mere mortals like us cannot match his thoughts. Thanks to some 'tea makers', who have made us feel what the great Lincoln felt. He once said " If this is coffee, bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee".
Back to my story, I started with boiling the milk. When that was happening, a boiling urge to check the mobile started. I did not open watsapp, instead opened Google and casually typed ‘How to make good tea?’. Google being Google did not disappoint.
It first threw some 'tea' quotes with pictures. I was not aware that there were so many of them on 'tea’.Some very philosophical too. I liked this one the best, "Life is like a cup of tea, it's all in how you make it".
There were other things too. One which caught my attention was a essay written by George Orwell way back in 1946. The essay is called 'A Nice Cup of tea'.Essay I had read about it earlier in a Kannada article but not in detail. Those who drink, make , like , don’t like ‘tea’ need to read this essay.
It’s a pretty long one but worth the read with a cup of tea. He has emphasised about 11 factors that contribute in making ‘nice’ tea. You can read in instalments. You may not agree, appreciate or follow on all points but would try one or two applicable.
My story, the milk was boiled, but I had to abandon the next steps of making tea as I had to complete reading the essay. According to it I had not boiled the milk right. Try reading the article 
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