Laughter over chinise tea:)

Five friends finally gathered over a dinner one fine day...Finally was because all of them were buzy lots...with working and flourishing careers..and with one of the friends leaving for USA the two days later...the only option they had was that day.
Finally they all assembled together. after giving order for the dinner, they settled over akward conversation. though later the conversation took a nice turn, still something was lacking.....and that was genuine mirth....there were jokes but they had to be contended with few smiles and fewer giggles.
The conversation dwindled further to occasional question and answer over dinner. uncomfortably they looked at each other. just then one of the friends thought of dessert. though all of them were stuffed to the gills...they decided to have some...and one of the desserts was chinise tea....it came in beautiful white porcelain chinise cups adorned with red dragons and golden rim. they almost looked out of a play teaset. the tea was fragrant with cinnamon...But...it didnt have sugar...They didnt mind it though. sip by sip they finished the first and the second round...towards the third one they started wondering..."why the hec the tea is not getting over...and why is it turning visibly darker"???? Then they realized...much to their dismay that the tea was not stirred:):):) they had to finish the remaining tea in the cups, so as not to sound complaining. they glanced at each other covertly...gauging each other's actions...one of them who was skeptical in ordering the tea, started gently taunting the others for ordering the same... just then,gathering courage one them swallowed the brew...and the relief was so instanenous, she said aloud..."over ....finally"
That broke the ice...and all of them started laughing...giggles mixed with laughter, hiccuping , talking and chuckling and lots and lots of chortling...they were short of falling off their seats with all those guffaws:):)...

Finally the ice was broken between them....over a cup of chinise tea