Now I'm at Work and my Coffee Troubles
I called the pantry boys and had them bring me some chai and toast. I'm still drinking chai, which is black tea loaded with milk and sugar. I don't prefer milk and sugar in my tea (or coffee) normally, but when in India, do as the Indians do. Walking to work, you see Indians standing at roadside stalls drinking shots of chai and boys making deliveries of chai to whomever.
I woke up early this morning to go to the Indian Starbucks, Barista (Starbucks hasn't made it to India yet -- can you believe it?), and read the paper and get some American-style drip coffee. But no. I went at 8 in the morning, and they weren't open. The coffee drinking culture is more of a social than a lifestyle thing here. People don't get coffee before work, they get chai. People don't go into Barista and get takeout. Remember: "A lot can happen over coffee." They drink their coffee, sit in plush chairs, and conversate. If I were to leave my office and walk to Barista in the middle of the workday (1.) I would get really sweaty (2.) people would think I was weird (3.) Barista doesn't do take out -- but like most shops here, they'd probably deliver me some for 10 Rupees ($.40), but they'd have to go find some paper cups somewhere.
Coffee is more frequently drunk in the South than the North. This makes sence. Tea is grown in the mountains in the North. Coffee is grown on plantations in the South. At my Tamil wedding I had some coffee. It was loaded with milk and sugar and tasted almost like chai.
Today I'm probably going to read some of the Indian Constitution and then read articles on Indian law.
I woke up early this morning to go to the Indian Starbucks, Barista (Starbucks hasn't made it to India yet -- can you believe it?), and read the paper and get some American-style drip coffee. But no. I went at 8 in the morning, and they weren't open. The coffee drinking culture is more of a social than a lifestyle thing here. People don't get coffee before work, they get chai. People don't go into Barista and get takeout. Remember: "A lot can happen over coffee." They drink their coffee, sit in plush chairs, and conversate. If I were to leave my office and walk to Barista in the middle of the workday (1.) I would get really sweaty (2.) people would think I was weird (3.) Barista doesn't do take out -- but like most shops here, they'd probably deliver me some for 10 Rupees ($.40), but they'd have to go find some paper cups somewhere.
Coffee is more frequently drunk in the South than the North. This makes sence. Tea is grown in the mountains in the North. Coffee is grown on plantations in the South. At my Tamil wedding I had some coffee. It was loaded with milk and sugar and tasted almost like chai.
Today I'm probably going to read some of the Indian Constitution and then read articles on Indian law.
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