condifluoia/ˈkɒndɪfluːɪɑ/noun: condifluoia; plural noun: condifluoia
1.
the specific scent of tea leaves inboiling water when it soaks in sixstrands of freshly grated ginger on thehand-shredder, two pods of cardamomhalved before being cast in, one leafof freshly plucked basil from ma‘sverandah, three waves of pa‘s cinnamonshaker, one black peppercorn with oneclove, together good for the cold, andone star anise because it looksbeautiful floating atop the pan thatis now in a soft-flowing susurrus onits way to form a homogenous,beige-dusky drink – the panacea forlanguor of fifty monday mornings in asingle sip.
3.
the sudden comfort, as I alluringlylean in to inhale the vapors, of thetattered stall at George Everest’swhere nani is methodically detailingher recipe for masala tea to Raghubhaiya, which, forgotten, written, andrecalled over the years, is asintuitive to me as a carrier pigeonhoming in on its destination.
2.
the memory of himachal that follows.
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