If tea spread to your country by sea you call it tea, if it spread by land you call it chai.

[Gengar’s Ghost]

This is because the ports of Fujian and Taiwan use the coastal pronunciation "te", whereas Mandarin uses "chá".

 

[Deleted member 24444]

True

 

[Deleted member 23778]

Tai Chi
Chai Tea

 

[Gengar’s Ghost]

Tai Chi
Chai Tea

Post of the year

 

[Wallenberg]

Yes

 

[Deleted member 20652]

This reminds me to mix up some theanine

//Nick Wilde

 

[spongebob]

Wtf does Herbata (Poland) mean then

 

[Gengar’s Ghost]

Wtf does Herbata (Poland) mean then

I think they just mean "herbal tea" -> herba (herbal) and ta (thee). So

 

[Gengar’s Ghost]

Wtf does Herbata (Poland) mean then

It says on the map that Poland has a different origin.