### In Mumbai tea vendors, of all persuasions, large or small,  offer a choice in varieties of tea or _chai_. They also allow you to choose _the quantity of tea_ that you would like to be served.
http://media.indiatimes.in/media/content/2015/Mar/output_zv1ld5_1426845478.gif
### A full cup or a half cup of tea?
### A  _full chai_ is a full cup. A _full chai_ is more tea, at a higher price.
# [The _half chai_ which serves a smaller serving of tea at a lower price is Mumbai's _CUTING CHAI_](https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-cutting-chai/answer/Tamojit-Roy-2?srid=nE79%EF%BB%BF)
http://www.mystatus360.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tumblr_o7aijk21621rwbf4ro2_500.gif
# How to make your own _cutting chai_

         Ingredients: 
         Half a cup of water, 
         Half cup of milk, 
         A small piece of ginger, 
         One cardamom (elaichi)

         Procedure: 
                Heat the water in a vessel. 
                Grate the piece of ginger in the water. 
                     (Grating is better than smashing 
                     as grating produces a stronger taste.)
                Smash the cardamom & add it to the water. 
                Add one spoon tea powder & two spoonfuls of  sugar 
                      Add more if you prefer your _chai_ sweeter
                Let the water boil. 
                Stir in between. 
                       Stirring plays a vital role in getting the _kadak_ taste.
                After the water has boiled, add milk. 
                       Stir well again. 
                       Once well boiled, 
                 Drink it piping hot!
### A  _cutting chai_  piping hot gets Mumbaikars going for a hectic day’s work!
http://media.indiatimes.in/media/content/2015/Mar/output_zv1ld5_1426845478.gif
### In Hyderabad, they say 1/2
https://youtu.be/I9yu-RZP1jk

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### [In Dubai, visit  _Cutting Chai_ in Karama](https://thelocalsearchblog.blogspot.ae/2010/05/what-is-cutting-chai.html)
https://d3dygw8n5l4bbu.cloudfront.net/deals/uae/cuttingchai/embedbombaycuttingchai.jpg

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### Prime Minister Narendra Modi
While campaigning for state (provincial) elections Modi claims that his demonetization reforms are like  _karak chai_.
https://youtu.be/O8YmHSZvmp4
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### Chaiwalas & demonetization
And the chaiwala has also gone cashless, after the demonetization
https://youtu.be/ry5jsI7RLc4
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### Bollywood
Peer into the psyche of Mumbai's youth who  survive on cutting chai. 
These four friends from Mumbai are ready to conquer the world.
Enjoy the movie!
https://youtu.be/LCWZtaFbg0k
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### Hollywood
Join Doris Day for tea
https://youtu.be/D0MtzQDltr0
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