We all know the basics of making tea, boil some water, add tea leaves with the milk, and voila, your brew is all set. But does your tea have various colours? No? Well, then it is just the usual tea. How about a tea in seven colours? Yes, you read that right. The Seven Colour Tea, also named the Saat Rong Cha, or Rainbow Tea, is a pleasure to view and sip in rural Bangladesh.
Who Invented Seven Colour Tea?
After finding that various tea leaves could create varying densities, Romesh Ram Gour made this seven-colour tea two decades ago in Sylhet, Bangladesh. This seven colour tea is prepared on Kalighat Road at Gour's shop named Nilkantha Tea Cabin. Every layer of the murky rainbow tea has a distinct colour and taste, so sipping all on it is a delight for your taste buds as you go from syrupy brew to a pungent clove fragrance and more. We know what you are thinking, but unfortunately, nobody knows the correct tea recipe.
Ingredients Of Seven Colour Tea
The recognised ingredients of this tea include three kinds of teas produced in Sreemongol, including green tea, lemons, seasonings, and condensed milk. However, there are also rumours that once a Bollywood celebrity had summoned him to prepare seven colour tea for his marriage, he refused the proposal!
Mysterious Teas, Quirky Teas and Dangerous Teas!
While the seven-colour tea is something exciting to try, here are some other fascinating teas you should learn about.
- Fermented with yeasts and bacteria: Sweet black tea, also known as Sour Russian Kombucha tea
- Fermented tea with lactic acid bacteria: Japanese Awabancha tea
- Green tea made with twigs and stalks: Japanese Kukicha tea
- Tea made from dust compressed bricks: Russian brick tea
- Brandy black or alcohol tea: Wrestling of dragon and tiger
- Aged green tea by the fungus: Chinese Pu-erh tea
- China’s frozen CO2 lethal tea: Dry bubble ice tea
- Panda poop green tea: Panda dung tea
- Yak butter tea: Tibetan Pocha tea
- Garlic tea
Do you want to learn about more exotic tea types like Tandoori chai and where to have them? Or aspire to search the tea's journey? Then stay tuned to Slurrp.