Srinagar, March 13 -- Tired of spending hours brewing Kashmiri noon chai? Well, this practice is going to be a thing of the past soon.

A scientist at Sher-i-Kashmir University of Sciences and Agriculture-Kashmir has come up with a readymade powdered noon chai.Much healthier, tastier, and time-saving,noon chai is all set to hit the market in the form of instant powder and tea bags.

Dr. Saima Paul, a home scientist at Krishi Vigyan Kendra at SKUAST, is the brain behind this organic tea, which has attracted the attention of teetotalers across the valley.

"Kashmiris often end up spending hours brewing the tea leaves and adding unhealthy sodium bicarbonate to make noon chai. An idea hit my mind, why isn't noon chai available as instant tea?...