Tea Terminology — “Chai Tea” vs. “Masala Chai”

Living languages, that is, ones still in use on an active basis, are pretty fluid, with new terms coming around, others dropping out, and meanings sliding around between them. When a term comes into common usage, even if it’s incorrect, it gets accepted and is hard to change. Such is the case with the term …

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“The Animated Tea Service,” by Richard André

In my last article on a children's book with a tea connection - Aunt Martha's Stories About Tea - I remarked on the relative dearth of such books. Lo and behold, not long after writing that one I happened to run across another kid's book from yesteryear with just such a connection. The Animated Tea …

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