February 16, 2009
A friend read recently that Freya Stark, as she set out into the Hadhramaut in whatever year- 1935?- was provisioned by a local patriarch with 4 lbs. of tea for one week. 4 live fowls too, among other things. This strikes me as an awful lot of tea to take along. It cannot only have [...]
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February 10, 2009
Following the lead to explore tea in other cultures, here’s a video on tea in the Sahara. It’s over 6 minutes long, sit back and enjoy. I like the music playing from the little radio beside the teamaker, the sound of the wind in the mike, the pouring of green liquid from one vessel to [...]
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