‘I despise English tea’: Bridgerton snub spotlights India’s national drink – and its endless varieties

• A wry observation by new character Kate Sharma in the second series of the hit Netflix period drama has shone a light on India’s many and varied types of tea
• From gur gur chai to Kashmir’s golden kahwa, Assam’s laal saah and the Arab-inspired Sulaimani tea, there’s a lot more than the insipid English offering