Tea enjoys a great position all over the world, and people from all countries love to drink tea. But the customs of each place are different, the way of drinking tea is naturally different, and there are also different types of tea. Here are the teas that are loved by various countries.
India: Teh Tarik
It is made by adding ginger and cardamom to black tea and simmering it slowly on the stove. The way of drinking tea is quite peculiar: instead of pouring it into a tea bowl or cup, it is poured into a plate: instead of drinking it with your mouth, you stick out your tongue to lick it, so the locals call it licking tea.
United Kingdom: Assorted Teas
Tea has almost become one of the UK's favorite drinks. They often mix oranges, roses, and sometimes a piece of sugar or a little milk into the tea. It is said that adding these substances to tea reduces the theophylline, which is easy to hurt the stomach, and can better play the fitness effect of tea. Tea in UK is divided into morning tea, lunch tea, afternoon tea and dinner tea.
Egypt: Sweet Tea
Egyptians like to drink thick and mellow black tea. They put the tea into a tea cup and brew it with boiling water, and then add sugar. A cup of tea usually adds two-thirds of the volume of white sugar. Most people can only handle two to three cups of tea with very high concentration of sugar, or they will start to get sick.
Argentina: Yerba Mate
Yerba mate is similar to tea, but different from tea. The plant used to make yerba mate is a special evergreen shrub that grows in South America. When drinking yerba mate tea, Argentines like to share one straw with many people, like family members or friends. They put one straw into the yerba mate tea can, and then pass it one by one, taking turns to enjoy it.
Morocco: Mint tea
Boil it with boiling water first to remove the bitter taste. Put in a long-mouthed silver pot, add sugar cubes, boil water for 3 minutes. This kind of mint tea is very popular in North Africa, after all, it is summer every day in North Africa. When you go to a local family, you must drink three glasses of mint tea in a row, otherwise you would be considered rude by the host.
Thailand: Pickled Tea
Pickled tea in northern Thailand is more like a dish than tea. Thai people mix tea with spices and chew it in mouth. Because of the hot climate and humid air in Thailand and eating pickled vegetables with tea is fragrant and cool, pickled tea has become a local home-cooked dish that has been passed down from generation to generation.
Japan: Matcha
Japan followed the way of the Song Dynasty in China. The plucked tea leaves are steam-fixed, dried directly, and then ground into tiny fine powder with a stone mortar. Add boiling water and keep stirring until green foams form.
Germany: Flower and Fruit Tea
Germen don't actually drink tea. The so-called tea is brewed with petals and various fresh fruits. The black forest and passion fruit tea sold by flower tea shops in many tourist attractions are the development of German tea.