Tea and lemon water

A few days back, I was up early in the morning. My mom and brother were up and doing some chores. Since I was up early, and that doesn't usually happen for me, unless I keep awake all night, so I thought perhaps I should do something good for myself. A warm glass of honey lemon water might be good (and perhaps cut that tummy fat). 

While I was wondering about this, I also asked my mom if she wanted tea. Tea.. because she gets a headache without it. She first said she will make it herself, but later asked me to make it. 

So, while I was boiling the water, first time in two months or more I think, I knew how I want my lemon honey water. A bit lukewarm and that was it. However, my brother and my mom had completely different notions of tea, which I was aware of. 

My mother with her age as a concern, preferred tea with less sugar, and because of some recent what's app university thing, would not add the milk to boiling water. She would instead make a stronger black tea or as we call in Assamese "Lal cha", and then add milk to it, post preparation, in the steel glass she would drink tea from. On the other hand, my brother would like the tea to be pleasing to the taste buds, with sugar, milk and adequate amount of tea leaves. I also added some pepper powder for their health. 

If you know me, you would know I didn't do it well. :): 

I made tea after years, I think. There was a time when I was in my 12th that I had perfected tea. But I am as good now as someone who never made any. So, I made the tea with less sugar, no milk and a moderate amount of boiling of tea leaves. In my mom's glass, I added milk and gave. She found it a glass of mostly milk with no tea taste, for there was hardly any flavour of the tea leaves. While my brother refused to drink it for it just seemed like a weirdly flavoured water. 

Meanwhile, I added honey and lemon to my glass of boiled water and then, added some more water to make it lukewarm. And mom seemed to be interested in having a little of it too. Later everyone laughed at how I don't just even can make tea correctly.

This incident came to my head in another light while we sat for dinner just about an hour ago today. I realised the reason for not being able to make okayish tea, was not just my inexperience in recent times, but also, the fact that in doing that act, in making tea, I wanted both my mom and my brother to be happy. I wanted a tea that suits the needs and requirements of both of them. But, such customisations are rarely so easily or at all possible. 

In fact, if I would just have offered them lemon honey water that I wanted to make, it would perhaps have been a better drink and a lot healthier.

Hoping such things show direction and I find a way or two out of the pit dark pit that seems to surround me at time. Hope you find yourself at such things too. 

Yours,

R :):

24-06-2021

22:44