
"Shir", the term from which "Sheer chai" is derived from, means "milk" in Farsi. Kashmiri Hindus refer to this Kashmiri tea as "Sheer chai". The word noon means ' salt' in several Indo-Aryan languages, such as Kashmiri, Bengali, Rajasthani, Hindi and Nepali. It is made with gunpowder tea (green tea leaves rolled into small balls), milk and baking soda. Noon chai ( Kashmiri pronunciation: ), also called Kashmiri tea, pink tea, gulabi chai, Namkeen chai ( Kashmiri pronunciation: ),, and Sheer chai ( Kashmiri pronunciation: ) is a traditional tea beverage originating in Kashmir. Kashmiri tea, Pink tea, gulabi chai, Namkeen chai, Sheer chai JSTOR ( December 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
