On Jul 13, 2:27*pm, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> "Gloria P" > wrote in message
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> > Do your local Chinese restaurants charge for a pot of tea?
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > What's customary where you live?
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> Some do some don't in SoCal. *Tea is not usually served unless requested.
> Down here most people seem to want soft drinks as often as tea. *I myself
> order tea with my dinner, not lunch. *Good tea is not cheap, in fact it can
> be quite pricey, *so you'd expect them to charge for it. *One way or another
> they charge for it, even if it does not appear on the bill.

But decent green tea, of the quality you get free at a Chinese
restaurant, is cheap. Very cheap.
http://nature-and-herbs.amazonwebsto...B0009OYAJE.htm
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> Paul

--Bryan