Mango Tea

I went inside my office kitchenette to drink water and found the water drums empty.So I decided to make some tea to quench my thirst.As i filled the cup with Hot water from the coffee maker and was dipping the tea bag,I started to laugh.I was reminded of my visit to Tom's house last christmas.After visiting him,i was about to leave when tom said we have enough time for the train and that he would drop me at the station and I readily obliged.Meanwhile he took the onus on himself to make us all a cup of tea.Sing's family too was there for the get together.Tom asked all of us as to what tea would each of us like and offered us various options, Mango Tea,Regular,De-Caf etc.Mango Tea was something I never tasted,so opted for mango tea.I was thinking to myself,America has its on Tea tradition, and wondered how mango tea would taste.
As tom went inside the kitchen,we started talking about all sorts of things like politics, Real Estate,culture & so on.Tom would occasionally jump out of the kitchen to offer his two cents on everything we discussed.It was almost 20 minutes and i coukld lots of noise in the kitchen, of the tap,the vessels clanging, the clicking sound of the lighter.I was now getting excited about the Mango tea.Another 10 minutes passed by,if officially half an hour since Tom started preparing the tea.
Tom's wife shouted,"Tom, what are you doing?where is my tea? Vinay has to leave" and tom replied," I am done, I am coming".
So after half an hour tom came out of the kitchen with cups on the tray and served all of us our cup. And he kept the tray on the table, stood erect, and reached for his pant pocket. He looked at all of us now and asked,who asked for mango tea? When me & sing raised our hands, he pulled out all the tea bags in his pocket and said " here you go, heres your Mango Tea" handing us the tea bag.
I couldnt stop laughing, Half an hour for boiling water? and all those noise in kitchen? Where are we in mount Everest??