THE LITTLE TEA BOOK 



who makes the beverage for him. 

 The Bokhariot, who is a confirmed 

 tea-slave, finds it just as hard to pass 

 a tea-booth without indulging in the 

 herb as our own inebriates do to go 

 by a corner cafe. His breakfast bev- 

 erage is Schitschaj tea in which 

 bread is soaked and flavored with 

 milk, cream, or mutton fat. During 

 the daytime he drinks green tea with 

 cakes of flour and mutton suet. It 

 is considered a gross breach of man- 

 ners to cool the hot tea by blowing 

 the breath. This is overcome by 

 supporting the right elbow in the 

 left hand and giving an easy, grace- 

 ful, circular movement to the cup. 

 The time it takes for each kind of 

 tea to draw is calculated to a second. 

 When the can is emptied it is passed 

 around among the company for each 



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