Lingers in memory

                                                                                

Peeped in to d’ steaming cup of tea,

Unraveled few mysterious memory

Absolutely different quite amazing,

never sipped tea of similar matching

Not from wood cabin, or boys’ mess,

nor served In flight, by d’ air hostess

Not bought from a hasty Rly. vendor,

gushed from a drum, in cups of paper

Not from a boiling pot in wayside stall,

nor of social fair, made in mass scale

No tea in mud cups with smell of ash,

served by half folded lungi clad chap

 Not offered in club, nor in a function

It’s a cup granted, in my sweet home

A tidy tea cup, in utmost modest way,

with a glass of water, in a decent tray

Memorized discovery of d' drink,
funny a tale, it's Chinese flood link
River Huang-hua, alters its course,

sorrow of China, evidently a curse

Washed out villages often perish,

survivors die of cholera epidemics

 King ruled for boiled potable water,

feedback revealed, compliance poor

To combat the post flood epidemics,

King ordered for tea shrub fencings

Leaves plucked & boiled, tang bitter,

dry leave extract tasted much better 

 Drink Improvised, improved further,

by adding milk, sugar, lemon, ginger

Now casual hot beverage years after,

almost worldwide, Jammu to Gibraltar

 Alluring packing, varied forms & flavor

marketed in nook & corner, world over

Tea outlets offer tea, served in lawn,

tourists sip, enjoy it on grass cushion

During bath in swimming pool setting,

tea given in roof top party gathering

 chilled dark decant or hot with cream,

 spicy tea, an ambience of cardamom

I had d' scope, to sip d’ unique tea,

in barren life an occasion of ecstasy

No compromise done in tea quality

elements in proportion, so it’s tasty

Elegant designed cups, no protocol,

flavor never altered by cup or saucer

Astounding aroma, incredible flavor,

taste flowed from d’ fair slim fingers

So perfect in making! in mind a query

d’ adored moment lingers in memory