Hi Gautam, I've had a similar experience at most places here. i.e one-refill. It's either that or no refills. I was in Seattle last year and waiters/waitresses at most places would fill up my cup without being asked, to my delight. I don't think it's a policy thing, probably has more to do with trying to free your table once they're sure you're not ordering more :) Cheers, Namitha
On Dec 15, 2007 2:26 PM, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a regular patron at Cha Bar's (a local tea room chain) across > India and have no complaints about quality or service. Matter of > factly, both of those are excellent. However there is one curiosity > that has struck me. There is a reluctance among the wait-staff to > refill a pot of tea with hot water more than once though I'm not > really sure if it's corporate policy. > > It does make, commercial, sense to refuse more than one refill of hot > water but some teas, Chinese and Japanese come to mind, are well > suited to multiple steepings. The only other tea bar that I frequent, > Infinitiea in Bangalore, is quite happy to refill the pot as many > times as requested. > > Is this reluctance true the world over? > > Cheers! > > Gautam > >
