Take a Cupa With Your Pipe? What Tea looks like in 22 countries

[oklansas]

Ah Buzzfeed, the great "oh, that's interesting" time-waster. I ran across this wonder overview of international tea culture today, and thus gained some actual value from social media, huzzah!
I must say, while I generally enjoy my tea in the English manner - or simply plain and unadorned - the Tibetan po cha, or "Butter Tea" certainly has my attention. I suppose it would either be: 1) wonderfully savory, or 2) Horrendously rich. Can't wait to find out...now I just need to locate some Yak butter...
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from the Buzzfeed article:
"Pictured is yellow leaf pu-erh tea, which is packaged in bricks or balls, crumbled into the cup, and steeped in hot water."

 

[tarheel1]

I lobe tea and have enjoyed it all over the world. I lobe Masala chai I have had in Nepal and India, English tea in England. Tea in Afghanistan,.Iraq, and Africa. Green and oolong in Japan. Pu-erh from China. Even enjoy southern iced tea.

 

[oklansas]

Love to mix Peterson's Old Dublin with a cup of lapsang suchong. Mostly during the fall months, when I can still sit on the porch.