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According to the authors, tea is a way of life in India. "It permeates every strata of society and transcends all barriers of economic disparity ? from the gleaming kitchens of the super-rich and upper middle class, whose 'khansama' or cook may bring out an impeccably set tea array, to the humble kitchen of the lower middle class where tea may be had in an unpretentious mug or glass; from the sparse hutment of the labourer, where it remains intrinsic to the shoestring food budget, to the slick corporate boardroom where business honchos make management decisions over a cuppa. Tea holds good everywhere," they say. Be it the snowy winter of the Himalayan states, or the inertia of the summer heat of the flat northern plains, or the indolence of the sultry monsoon humidity of the eastern region and the coastal ghats? every climatic belt provides a good reason for indulging in the reviving properties of the brew.
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