Sunday, February 20, 2011

Chai - Tea


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Throughout Asia, tea is the most common beverage that people drink. In Afghanistan, tea is used not only used for refreshment, but also for hospitality. Guests are served tea and some small snacks (raisins, ﻤﻣﻴﺰ). Three kinds of tea are common:

Green tea (sheen chai ﺸﻴﻦ ﭼﺎﻱ ) and black tea (tor chai ﺘﻮﺮﭼﺎﻱ): Both green and black tea are just leaves steeped in boiled water. Your host will usually offer you sugar to add yourself. 

With milk tea (shodu chai ﺸﻴدﻮﭼﺎﻱ), the sugar and milk are heated along with the tea leaves and so it is much sweeter than other types of tea.

If you are offered tea, it is polite to accept it and rude to refuse it. Afghans don’t like to jump right into conversation and tea serves as an ice breaker before discussing serious issues.

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