The Sufi Tea

The Sufi Tea
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The Sufi tea is oneness with God through a liquid state.
This is not the alcohol high.
This tea is made on a Sigdi mud stove or on the fires of the Dhuni .
The milk is placed in the utensil a few chants in praise of Hazrat Ali .
The milk simmers , when it comes to boiling point the tea leaves are sprinkled into the
ocean of hot milk.
Again allowed to simmer...at a certain time gap huge dollops of Amul butter are thrown into the hot tea adding a greasy gracefullness.
The teas is than poured into a kettle through a cloth sieve , served in greasy glasses, the first cup to the Peersaab..who raises a toast Nare Hyderi the crowd boisterously reply Ya Ai , now the minions can have the tea.. the taste remains for a long time , in the meant ime the hashish chillum rounds continue , stories of various Urus , tales , old memories , nostalgia bought about by the heady combo of a strange spirituality the Sufi tea and the 14 goli chillum...