Tea is very popular in Africa. What are the tea drinking habits of Africans?
In Africa, most people believe in Islam, and drinking is prohibited in the canon.
Therefore, local people often “substitute tea for wine”, using tea to entertain guests and entertain relatives and friends.
When entertaining guests, they have their own tea-drinking ceremony: invite them to drink three cups of local sugared mint green tea.
Refusing to drink tea or drinking less than three cups of tea will be considered impolite.
The three cups of African tea are full of meaning. The first cup of tea is bitter, the second cup is soft, and the third cup is sweet, representing three different life experiences.
In fact, it is because the sugar has not melted in the first cup of tea, only the taste of tea and mint, the second cup of tea sugar begins to melt, and the third cup of tea has completely melted the sugar.
The climate in Africa is very hot and dry, especially in West Africa, which is in or around the Sahara Desert.
Because of the heat, local people sweat a lot, consume a lot of physical energy, and are mainly meat-based and lack vegetables all the year round, so they drink tea to relieve greasiness, quench thirst and heat, and add water and vitamins.
People in West Africa are accustomed to drinking mint tea and like this double cooling sensation.
When they make tea, they put in at least twice as much tea as in China, and add sugar cubes and mint leaves to taste.
In the eyes of the people of West Africa, tea is a fragrant and mellow natural drink, sugar is a luscious nourishment, and mint is a refreshing agent for relieving heat.
The three blend together and have a wonderful taste.
Post time: Apr-30-2021
