Yesterday, when Angel was at the house, I made my first pot of sun tea in India. (Like I've said, the weather is heating up)
I put a few tea bags in a glass pitcher of clean water and Angel was very curious. I told her I would put it in the sun and it would make tea. She followed me outside. I found a very sunny spot on a hot stone and left the pitcher to cook.
A few hours later when Angel's work was done, I escorted her outside and we checked on the tea. She was amazed to see the tea color in the pitcher.
This morning Angel stopped by to see Jennifer. While she was here she told Jennifer the amazing tale of the plain water becoming tea in the sun.
I asked her if she'd like a glass and she happily accepted.
I took a glass to the freezer and put some ice cubes in it. Angel was so curious that she counted the cubes as they went into the glass (I told her the amount of cubes is random - to taste). Then I filled the glass with tea, squeezed in some fresh lemon and offered her sugar to taste.
Both Angel and Jennifer loved the tea. PLUS they never use ice cubes so they found that interesting too.
On a previous day I was filling my ice tray and Angel asked "What do you do with these cubes, M'dam?" The question caught me a little off guard. Simple refrigeration is a luxury in some of these small villages so a freezer with a section dedicated to freezing water is probably a little over the top. Plus Indians are so used to room temperature beverages that ice is not very common.
1 comment:
Isn't it funny the simple things we take for granted like ice to chill our drinks? Sounds like you are giving these girls quite an education in the 'luxuries'(lol) of life as an American.
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