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Who can write a recipe for a cup of chai? Can any list of ingredients contain the mountain where the tea was grown? Or the rain that nourished it? The trade routes that carried the spices? The cultures that discovered their healing qualities? The languages spoken around the pot? The songs sung while it...

Every culture has its own way of saying, "You are welcome here." Sometimes it begins with bread. Sometimes with coffee. Sometimes with tea. For us, it began with chai. As a migrant, I came to appreciate that a shared cup can do something remarkable. It softens unfamiliarity, slows conversation, and creates space for people...