What was the deeper meaning behind Baba telling Jog to give Cholkar tea with sugar?

Sai Baba's instruction to Jog to serve Cholkar tea "well-filled with sugar" was a deeply symbolic act. Baba himself did not drink tea, so the request was unusual. Its true purpose, as Chapter 15 clarifies, was to give Cholkar a "full hint" that his secret vow of abstaining from sugar had been seen and accepted. This wasn't about hospitality but about spiritual confirmation. The act was meant to solidify Cholkar's faith and impress the "stamp of devotion" upon him by proving that Baba was aware of his innermost thoughts and secret penances, thereby showing that the period of renunciation was officially complete.