9 photos that will have you craving chai
"Sunehra, chamakta peela rung" - chai moments worth sharing.
We are done with the first phase of the #DawnWeeklyProject on Instagram! Here are some of the best pictures of hot, steaming chai that were shared by our online community.
1. This top-down view of the moment before chai is poured was a clear win
2. Sweet symmetry ala doodh wali chai
3. Who doesn't love a cup of chai during a downpour!
4. Dhabba Doodh Patti - it's grimy, but that's what makes it so special
5. Just another chai-stained cup that won us over
6. Chai and memories - this gorgeous photo left us nostalgic (and thirsting)
7. If it isn't burning hot, it doesn't count
8. Yet another dhabba moment that had us fiending for doodh patti
9. "Sunehra, chamakta peela rung" - long live the chai wala
In our newly introduced project, we give photographers on Instagram a chance to have their pictures featured not only on our Instagram account but also on our website. Want to participate in our #DawnWeeklyProject? Then follow @dawndotcom and stay tuned!
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Dec 02, 2015 04:07pm
Chai , most tastiest drink on earth.
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Dec 02, 2015 04:16pm
@sana drink without sugar, and you will think the other way around..as i had it this morning and then i realized kay hum cheeni ki wajah say chai petay hein :)
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Dec 02, 2015 04:20pm
chai :)
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Dec 02, 2015 04:22pm
Images are one of the important things that keep me drawing daily to dawn's site.
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Dec 02, 2015 04:26pm
Hum actually psychologically apne aap ku jaganey ke liye chai petey hain :)
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Dec 02, 2015 04:30pm
@rehmant hayat Try Biryani without masala
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Dec 02, 2015 04:36pm
@rehmant hayat : Try Mithai without sugar. Try food without salt.
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Dec 02, 2015 04:46pm
i don't like chai, but when i see people drinking it sometimes i wish to taste it but i cant.
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Dec 02, 2015 04:53pm
@rehmant hayat, take green tea or mint tea without sugar, you will like it more than with sugar. I do agree that doodh patti with patti taiz should come with sugar.
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Dec 02, 2015 05:01pm
Chai Chahiye!!
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Dec 02, 2015 05:05pm
Wah! Maza agaya!
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Dec 02, 2015 05:24pm
I miss Irani Restaurant chai of Mumbai
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Dec 02, 2015 05:29pm
@Robinson me too love it
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Dec 02, 2015 05:40pm
Holding a ful cup of garma garam chai n going through the article. Wah What a coincidence..!!!
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Dec 02, 2015 07:04pm
Are you acquitted with the Malabari Chaya or Kerala Tea? It comes in meters and not in cups or glass tumblers. One to one and half meter oonchai se fetta jatha hai jaag banane ke liye.
R.S. Menon, Bangalore
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Dec 02, 2015 07:31pm
Kettle, cups and table need to be cleaned better.
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Dec 02, 2015 07:39pm
Simply Marvelous! Love every picture! Many thanks for the wonderful memories!!
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Dec 02, 2015 07:47pm
@rehmant hayat 100% agree BhaiJaan
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Dec 02, 2015 08:22pm
@rehmant hayat If you love chai without sugar, drink chai without milk and without sugar, it will open up your mind early in the morning. And sure with a bite of paratha.
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Dec 02, 2015 09:00pm
@rehmant hayat : Once I was meeting an old University friend after a long time, who is a pathan, over a cup of tea. He was narrating his days in between our last meet and was excited. I asked him after he had a few sips, if the tea was ok. He replied, "first class" and started to continue. Knowing his old habbit I said, "aik chammach dali hai", to which he abruptly said, "tau 2 our daalo, cheeni or doudh k leye to chai peetay han"!
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Dec 02, 2015 10:31pm
Tea with sugar is just sugar. Tea without sugar is a yummy drink.
ex-3-sugars-per-cup teaaholic
All it takes is just a week of drinking tea without sugar to never wanting it with sugar again. Try it.
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Dec 02, 2015 10:33pm
@sana Yes, But most rewarding drink on earth
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Dec 02, 2015 10:34pm
I miss Karachi University dhabba Chai. Long live KU
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Dec 02, 2015 11:14pm
Chai without milk is original chai.we the Indians,Pakistanis,and Bengalis make it doodh pati just for our taste which is not bad.
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Dec 03, 2015 03:13am
@Arslan Yes people have told me the same but that one week will be very challenging...
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Dec 03, 2015 05:47am
Tea-a civilized drink. As they say.
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Dec 03, 2015 05:52am
the shai walas of Karachi are the best
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Dec 03, 2015 06:18am
Drinking tea with sugar should be a crime:) If you are a tea lover then you aren't doing justice to your beloved by mixing it with sugar. I would even say best tea is without milk and sugar. Problem is, in Pakistan when you ask for tea without milk and sugar, you get overcooked tea that has turned bitter.
As for people who are having tea for sugar and milk only, try drinking warm milk with sugar then tell me if you crave for tea or not?
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Dec 03, 2015 08:29am
The pictures are good, but honestly I feel that in general they fail to capture the whole tea culture and our culture around tea.
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Dec 03, 2015 09:00am
Thank you Dawn! Great start of the day with a hot and steamy cup of tea and looking at these amazing pictures :)
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Dec 03, 2015 09:05am
@SJ I agree. I used to drink tea with sugar. When sugar price shot up suddenly, I asked my wife let's stop using sugar in tea as a protest. First few days were difficult but then we discovered what we have been missing. We otherwise take sugar but sugar in tea kills all the fine taste of tea. We have been enjoying it for many years.
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Dec 03, 2015 10:59am
Looks great in taste and appearance but also beware of hepatatis C which has been spreading through these chai dhabbas
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Dec 03, 2015 11:33am
definitely mouth watering..
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Dec 03, 2015 12:09pm
to all those chai lovers, try this some of you might be doing this already, take a slice of bread fill it with ghar walli malaie(cream) fold the slice dip it in hot tea and eat. trust me for a brief moment you will enter into a taste dimension, a state of bliss i cant explain. but cream should be good one else market say dabay walli bhi chal jati hai :)
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Dec 03, 2015 12:18pm
@Arslan you are right, and besdies people should avoid sugar due to its carcinogenic properties. my elder sisters been drinking sugar less tea for long time, she told me the trick how to do it, she said if you are taking 2 spoons, make it 1.75 spoon. and you wont feel difference.then after a week or two make it 1.5 , then 1.25 spoons and then 1.gradually you bring the quantity down and one day quarter of a spoon will taste exactly like it tasted with 2 spoons.and then get rid of the quarter quantity.and there you go..thats how once can develop sugarless tea taste
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Dec 03, 2015 12:40pm
Long drive in winters with your love ones and chai ka dhaba, That feeling.. wow
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Dec 03, 2015 02:53pm
Hi Woh Chai, Missing THE TEA
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Dec 03, 2015 07:03pm
there is a famous saying in urdu about CHAI it says CHAI should be
LUB RAIZ LUB DOOZ and LUB SOOZ.. meaning it should be FULL CUP , FULL OF SUGAR and so hot it can burn you lips..
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Dec 03, 2015 07:26pm
@atif khan agree 100%
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Dec 03, 2015 09:48pm
Nice thought and pictures.Kerala in India is famous for tea shops. The way they pour it from the mug to the tumbler, glass or cup is something to be seen. the distance between the two may anything up to one meter. At times customer jokingly ask for half meter cha!!
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Dec 04, 2015 12:15am
@Eramanagalam Somapalan Very similar practices in chai serving in many rural areas from Karachi to Peshawar.
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Dec 04, 2015 03:21am
Sit in the balcony when it is raining, have tea with salt biscuits or pakora, wow it is marvelous.
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Dec 04, 2015 03:45pm
I have been drinking tea for the last five years since being forced to stop coffee due to hypertension. Still chai cant replace the great taste of coffee. Although for a headache chai does the trick.
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Dec 05, 2015 09:39am
@Rehmant Hayat, Almost same thing happend with me today. Cheeni the tastiest thing in Chai. really
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Dec 05, 2015 11:24am
Sunehra Chamakta Peela Rung!! Poetry in the mundane.
Even a chai-wala has it in him!!
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