April 8, 2021 | 12:10 am
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Dilmah Tea’s Mr. Fernando slurping tea
IN THESE troubling times, one reaches for a cup of tea almost as a reflex, the calming drink an effort to protect one from the dangers outside. Tea is often regarded as a serious drink, fit for reminiscing or for meditating. But an online talk from the Dilmah School of Tea last month showed us that tea can be fun.
First of all, pleasure from tea can be derived by dropping some of the niceties. Dilhan Fernando, son of Dilmah Tea founder Merril J. Fernando, and current CEO of Dilmah, picked up a glass, and said, “When you taste, you’ve got to slurp,” he said, gamely doing so. “It’s only when you slurp that you’re going to get the texture, the aromas; because you’re tasting with your brain, as well as your palate.