>>>Why doesn't he have a cup of tea then?
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>>We drink tea in thin waisted glasses:
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>Same way that they have it in Egypt - presumably very sweet. It makes me squirm to think of it here, as in England we have it with milk, and I don't take sugar. But, as they say "When in Rome do as the Romans do", in Egypt I do enjoy it the native way - but not so sweet. Last year I watched a boy bring a tray of tea and sugar to his master, outside the shop; the shop-owner simply up-ended the sugar bowl and emptied its entire contents into the tea. Urrgh!
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I was astonished how much milk most English tea drinkers put in. Personally zero milk (or sugar) is the right amount on the rare occasions when I drink tea.