India, May 21 -- Tea, for many, is more than just a beverage - it's an experience, a memory, an emotion. On International Tea Day, actors share what makes their cup of chai different

If you are a theatre person, then you are a tea person and I have 12 cups a day. Adrak is the one non-negotiable ingredient or my tea feels incomplete. Adrak also helps me project my voice and opens it up during performances in a theatre. Now, even when I am not performing, I take my tea with ginger. The other essential with chai is biscuit - even if I am on a diet. If I don't have a biscuit with my chai, I feel gareeb. I remember when I was young, my father, a writer, would call me to make tea for his guests in his office. Eventually, I started making such ...