"Stan Horwitz" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Gloria P > wrote:
>
>> Do your local Chinese restaurants charge for a pot of tea?
>>
>> When we lived in New England, and now in Colorado, the waitstaff
>> brings a free pot of tea after taking your order even if you don't ask
>> for it, and it's usually quite a nice tea.
>>
>> We were quite surprised on my first trip to California, back in the 70s
>> when things were cheap, to ask for tea along with our other drinks, and
>> find a $2 charge on the bill for it. I think it was in L.A. We ate a
>> lot of Chinese and Japanese that trip because it was such a nice change
>> from New England's bland Cantonese style.
>>
>> What's customary where you live?
>
> I have dined at Chinese restaurants in San Francisco, New York, and in
> my home town of Philadelphia and I don't remember ever being charged for
> a pot of Chinese hot tea.

Of course you pay for it. They just mix it in with the mu shu pork and the
wonton soup.

Paul