With its gleaming white marble floor, minimalist decor and crew of white-gloved waiters bearing trays of lemon tea, the sales office at Lodha Fiorenza looks more like a plush salon than something makeshift on a construction site where a tall crane stands next to half-finished towers.

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Sipping lemon-ginger tea on the cushions of our house's rooftop pavilion, I watch the first light spangle the leaves of the poplars along the village's irrigation stream, see lambs herded into a small willow-walled corral, a woman in a black robe and orange head scarf testing her lower back after filling her buckets.

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For something more local, try a cup of Southern Sweet, a zesty concoction that mixes black tea with lemon and home grown mint.

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Do I sample the lemon squares from the mother-daughter tea?

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We crave a simple hot cup of tea with a splash of milk while they insist on adding ice cubes and a slice of lemon.

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