Elizabete Ume Shimada is known to all as "Obaatian" Portuguese for grandmother. She is the matriach of a ten hectare family farm that grows a delicate black tea on the Brazilian coast south of São Paulo. There she welcomes visitors with a cold glass of her favorite tea Obaatian – O Chá da Vovó (Grandmother’s Tea) which is named for her. Watch how the tea is made and read why both Obaatian and her namesake tea are so special. - By Nathalie Leter. READ MORE
Milk from either cows, yaks, camels or horses is blended with tea in a traditional beverage popular on the Mongolian steppe. Breakfast here is not eaten, it is drunk. Tea is thick, hot, fortified and ceremonial. Discover the meaning, the preparation and the presentation of Nomad's tea. - By Mainbayar Badarch READ MORE
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