I drink chai(tea) from a glass rather than from a cup
@pujanmukherjee5 (298)
Kolkata, India
August 29, 2020 9:08am CST
Having a cup of tea. Well, I rather call it chai. Oh wait, that's not a cup, it's a glass. And it's a whiskey glass as well 
I mean I love chai and I don't know why I love to drink it from a glass than from a cup.
Is it wierd to drink chai(tea) from a glass?
I mean I love chai and I don't know why I love to drink it from a glass than from a cup.
Is it wierd to drink chai(tea) from a glass?8 people like this
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@arunima25 (86091)
• Bangalore, India
29 Aug 20
Many in India have chai that way. So common in roadside chaiwalla shop. 
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Surely not in Glass stamped with Royal Challenge 
@arunima25 (86091)
• Bangalore, India
4 Sep 20
@pujanmukherjee5 This lockdown has made people self reliant in many ways.
@pujanmukherjee5 (298)
• Kolkata, India
29 Aug 20
Yeah, I only used to have chai from a roadside chaiwalla everyday, some of them make the best chai. But during this current lockdown situation, I have to make it at home in my way.
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@MALUSE (69388)
• Germany
29 Aug 20
Why should it be weird? You can drink your tea from a plastic mug if it makes you happy.
I drink tea from a porcelain cup.
The English word is tea, not chai. Chai is used in many other languages, for example in Russian.
You can find information on the etymology of tea / chai here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_tea#:~:text=Russia%20(chai)%20encountered%20tea%20in,the%20Min%20pronunciation%20as%20teh.
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@MALUSE (69388)
• Germany
29 Aug 20
@paigea That is odd because chai means tea, nothing else. You can find it in the dictionary.
Yet, I know what you mean. For some inexplicable reason, spiced tea is also sold as chai in Germany. Someone who knows nothing about languages must have started this nonsense.
If you order chai in Russia, you get tea because this is the Russian word for tea as I've already mentioned. No spices in it.
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@pujanmukherjee5 (298)
• Kolkata, India
29 Aug 20
@MALUSE We call tea as chai in India. I thought the term chai is only used in India. Never heard it is also used in Russia. Thanks for the info.
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@ptrikha_2 (45720)
• India
12 Sep 20
@pujanmukherjee5
Many road side vendors also give chai in a glass.
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@yugocean (9965)
• India
29 Aug 20
@pujanmukherjee5 You can drink tea from any glass, just like someone can drink whiskey from any glass. No particular whiskey glass either, people just make their choice of glass.
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@pujanmukherjee5 (298)
• Kolkata, India
29 Aug 20
Is there a particular chai glass? I guess I can drink from any glass
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@paigea (35938)
• Canada
29 Aug 20
@pujanmukherjee5 do you buy it like that? Or do you mix the spices in yourself?
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@pujanmukherjee5 (298)
• Kolkata, India
29 Aug 20
@paigea I mix the spices and milk by myself to the tea leaves and some sugar.
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@pujanmukherjee5 (298)
• Kolkata, India
29 Aug 20
From tea leaves and grated ginger and cardamom to add some spiceness and milk of course.
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@ptrikha_2 (45720)
• India
12 Sep 20
The more amusing part is drinking it from a Whiskey glass!
Else it is in fact sometimes a good change to have tea in glass.
Else it is in fact sometimes a good change to have tea in glass.1 person likes this
@Swayamsiddha (4354)
• New Delhi, India
30 Aug 20
No. I dont think its weird to drink from a cup
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@nawala123 (20860)
• Indonesia
31 Aug 20
It seems drinking tea is part of your culture as well
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@Overflowing (3710)
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31 Aug 20
You can drink it in anyway you want its up to you
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