Pakistan
All the tea videos from Pakistan agree on using milk, water, and black tea. From there, things diverge a bit. Some people stick with the basics as listed above, and add brown sugar to the final product. Others add cardamom pods for additional flavor. One thing they all agree on is to boil longer for stronger tea.
After reading a little bit about Pakistan, it makes sense that there would be so many different ways of making tea. They split off from India along religious lines, and was known as East Pakistan and West Pakistan until the 1970s when East Pakistan was renamed Bangladesh. The country is also described as a melting pot of different cultures, and has 5 main ethnic groups. It is a young country, with about 60% of the population being younger than 30.
Here's my attempt at making Pakistani tea.
After reading a little bit about Pakistan, it makes sense that there would be so many different ways of making tea. They split off from India along religious lines, and was known as East Pakistan and West Pakistan until the 1970s when East Pakistan was renamed Bangladesh. The country is also described as a melting pot of different cultures, and has 5 main ethnic groups. It is a young country, with about 60% of the population being younger than 30.
Here's my attempt at making Pakistani tea.
1/2 cup of milk, 1 cup of water, 4 cardamom pods, and 2 tea bags. Bring to a boil and simmer until it is the strenght you want. Easy, right? Today was one of those days. I stepped away for a second to grab a mug, and the tea boiled over. Great. I get to spend the morning mopping up tea on a stove whose top panel does not lift up. Then I decided that I could just use a spoon to fish out the tea bags and cardamom pods. Then I got to the bottom of the pan and discovered one of my tea bags had leaked a bit. Oh well, I still ended up with a good cup of tea at the end.
When I saw the options, I knew you'd go for cardamom.
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