by Deleted User #17777 » Jul 1st, '09, 18:59
not sure where to put this, so it becomes "miscellany"
Had some Afghani food tonight and ordered tea after the meal, with dried fruits and nuts. The tea is some sort of green tea, with cardamom. Some recipes online include milk in afghan tea as well. It seems tea is an important drink there. (As it should be everywhere !!). Enjoyable, a bit different, not to die for, but fun. The dried fruit had pineapple, which is probably not native to afghanistan. I think the other things were dates, figs, and poppies (j/k)
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Jul 1st, '09, 21:46
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by Janine » Jul 1st, '09, 21:46
Very interesting, thanks!
What a lovely composition that makes... the flowered tea pot and the (so unusual!) poppies in the fruit mix. Interesting they should use cardamom. In many Arabic countries, Arabic coffee (AKA Greek coffee, Turkish coffee, Armenian coffee, etc etc) has cardamom in the mix (this is not so with the Greek/Turkish/Armenian variety). Makes me wish I could taste this Afghan tea... I'd expect more Persian influence (tea tradition similar to Earl Gray, with bergamot oil) but perhaps this is from a region with other influences more prominent?
