I think one’s drink , no matter what time of the day it is … be it chai or coffee or something else , is a very important matter to them … if they are picky about it , well that means they can only enjoy that drink a certain way .. right?
so this is where all my problems start … I love my tea , really hot .. I am so particular about it that even when at home , i make my daily cuppa , right after adding in boiled water I still give it a minute in the oven to bring it to asuper boil … Need my tea really really hot .. thats how i like it .. but when I am at other peoples homes .. no matter how much i request them I always get offered almost warm tea .. its not even the usual garam tea
Usually i will just get up and fix the situation myself but sometimes i just cant go into the kitchen for fear that the host may not like it …
Is there any polite manner to handle this situation ? I feel they get offended when i say to them in the beginning that i need my tea to be boiling hot …
If I like something a certain way I try to avoid it when I go to ppl's home, do you think you could live without chai ? and in other cases I would do what you do and that is ask the host politely if I can have it re-heated in the microwave.
I dont like anyones cooking except my wife's, but when I am offered food, I have it and then come back home and ask my wife for more. You can do the similar stuff.
I dont like anyones cooking except my wife's, but when I am offered food, I have it and then come back home and ask my wife for more. You can do the similar stuff.
I keep my drink and expectations to a minimum when I am offered a drink in someone’s home.
For example, I don’t drink chai unless its the pink tea or herbal. And I need honey in it. So when people make chai at a dawat…I always say no. Its not their fault I am that picky.
For coffee…its easy to just leave sugar and cream out so most people cannot mess that up.
I cant be doing that , its normally so cold out here that by the time you get to someone’s home , you just need to warm up a little and for that a drink is zaroori …
I work round that by offering to make the Tea for everyone and my own
I am picky about pakki houi chai and how much milk I have in both my coffee and Tea.. By offering to make it for myself and everyone.. I don’t look like I am being picky and get it the way I want ..
Most of my close relatives now know how important is that 'karak' & hot chai for me so now I get it.
If we are some place where i feel odd to ask, my wife her self asks me "aap ko chai garam ker k la doon AAP nai thandi ker dee hai" - Ager host Aqal-mand hota hai tu they them-self warm it up for me in microwave aur ager Aqal-band hota hai tu I have another cup at home :)
I cant be doing that , its normally so cold out here that by the time you get to someone’s home , you just need to warm up a little and for that a drink is zaroori …