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Alternative forms

• bed-tea

Noun

bed tea ‎(countable and uncountable, plural bed teas)

1. (India) A serving of tea shortly after awakening in the morning.
   • 1955, S. K. Kirpalani, Fifty Years with the British (1993 edition), ISBN 9780863113354, p. 92 (Google preview):

     The day was pretty fully taken up by a well-defined routine: 6 a.m. chota-hazri (bed tea and some fruit); seven to eight, riding, bath, then breakfast at nine. . . .

   • 1991, Mark Tully, No Full Stops in India (1992 Penguin edition), ISBN 9780141927756, (Google preview):

     Bed tea or chota hazari (small breakfast), as we used to know it when I was a child in Calcutta during the last days of the raj, is one of the luxuries of my life in India.

   • 1996 April 13, Justine Hardy, "Travel: That elusive, smart and affordable hotel is only just around the corner," The Independent" (UK) (retrieved 24 March 2014):

     His cap and white gloves were perfect whether he was delivering the bed tea at 8am or bringing me a china hot water bottle just before midnight.

   • 2013 June 6, "India's Top Romantic Resorts: Glenburn Tea, Estate Darjeeling, India Times (retrieved 24 March 2014):

     You'll be woken each morning with a tray of cookies and ‘bed-tea’, which is made using leaves plucked from the plantations outside your window.

See also

• afternoon tea
• high tea
• morning tea

References

• bed tea at OneLook Dictionary Search