Prabhupāda: Tulasī drink, drink is very palatable.
Govinda dāsī: It's very palatable. I used to put tulasī in your water, remember? We used to put . . .
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Govinda dāsī: . . . tulasī flowers in your water, and it flavors the water. Well, when boiled water is poured on it, it's supposedly very medicinal too. And they drink the tea with a little bit maybe of honey or drink it plain. And it's very palatable. Customers like it. I've . . . I used to drink it, but I heard that it was an offense to, to drink it, so I didn't know. I just thought it was really good.
Prabhupāda: No. That as soon as we like it, that means sense gratification.
Hari-śauri: Once you drink it for the taste . . .
Govinda dāsī: But we like prasādam. (laughing) I didn't know, so I . . . I didn't know if it was wrong.
Prabhupāda: No.
Govinda dāsī: I thought to heat the tulasīs, what I'd heard . . .
Prabhupāda: Tulasī, tulasī leaf you can take, but . . .
Govinda dāsī: Heat. Eat, but not the . . .
Prabhupāda: . . . but this tea habit, that means we may revive our tea-drinking. That is.
Govinda dāsī: Oh, I see.
Prabhupāda: Otherwise, tulasī leaf eating is good. You can eat leaf, especially palatable with water. Water, that is good. But you make it, imitation tea, that means I remember tea-drinking.
Govinda dāsī: I see. Especially the English. That will be very difficult for the Englishmen.