Pakistani Cuisine - Tea Varieties

Tea Varieties

Main article: Pakistani tea culture

Pakistanis drink a great deal of tea, which is locally called "chai." Both black and green teas are popular and are known locally as "sabz chai" and "kahwah," respectively. Kahwah is often served after every meal in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Pashtun belt of Balochistan. Roadside tea stalls almost invariably serve Doodh Pati Chai which is made by cooking tea leaves with milk and sugar. Extremely sweet, this is a local variation of a builder's tea. Kashmiri chai or "noon chai," a pink, milky tea with pistachios and cardamom, is consumed primarily at special occasions, weddings, and during the winter when it is sold in many kiosks. In northern Pakistan (Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan), salty buttered Tibetan style tea is consumed.

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