Drink More Tea – and Help Produce Bio-Diesel

Good news for those who liked to drink lot of tea. Now the more you drink tea, more you can help produce bio-diesel. No? Read on…

A Pakistani nano scientist by the name of Dr Tajamul Hussain and his research tem have after a year long research found out that the used tea leaves can be utilized to produce bio-diesel free of carbon emission on commercial basis. The study claims that one kg of used tea leaves can produce about 560 ml of bio-diesel. So Pakistan being the third largest importer of tea (after UK and China), spending some $ 8.8 billion annually on import of tea, can benefit from the used tea leaves, otherwise guttered or thrown away as useless garbage.

For more details read: Take Tea and Produce Bio-Diesel

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Doodh Patti - Heavenly Tea

The blog name of my friend SAJ Shirazi always fascinates me – since like all tea lovers, the special tea “Doodh Patti” is my favourite. So I thought of writing a few lines about it. If you happen to be visiting a very close and dear friend, or your car mechanic with whom you have the right kind of rapport or you are visiting a place where your presence is an honour for the host, he would definitely order “Doodh Patti” for you instead of a simple tea with milk.

So what really is Doodh Patti? The word literally means Milk (Doodh) and Tea Leaves (Patti) – meaning by tea prepared with only milk, tea leaves and sugar - and no water. Milk is poured into a saucepan or any utensil, and then when it comes to boil, tea leaves and sugar is added to it. And when it is served sizzling hot with homemade biscuits, the taste is only to enjoyed and remembered till another time.

If you haven’t tasted this heavenly tea, insist on having it from your mechanic next time your car breaks down. You will remember my blog then….

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