His mother sat straight-backed, the pain hard in her eyes, her jaw set, as her son had a last gulp of tea.
Samuels took a gulp of tea and continued pacing.
And then I became seriously ill and had to have an operation, and it might have been malignant but fortunately it wasn't". He pauses to take a gulp of tea, then switches to the third person.
Lucien's horror at discovering he's taken a big gulp of iced tea, when he thought it was whiskey, earns one of the evening's most robust laughs.
"I'm cleaning the Peterson house today," says after swallowing a gulp of sweet tea.
As they got ready, Kristen, between gulps of tea, read motivational notes from members of her church.
Defying the thin mountain air with a few gulps of coca tea, Mr. García rode a bicycle through the streets of one town and danced a torrid huayno with a young Quechua woman in another.
I heard a shout and a click, took a gulp of air, and closed my eyes.
One may grab a cup of tea on the run and gulp it down to get the caffeine kick as one rushes to a meeting, or savor each sip as one sits in front of a fireplace relaxing, or participate in the Japanese tea ceremony.
There are shelves laden with large packets of pasta, boxes of tea bags and enough sundry staples to see out a sustained siege.
Having made it well past the two week mark, I can confidently say that after brushing my teeth I recognize an eye-opening difference in my grin, especially between gulps of chai tea lattes at the office.
