Be careful when ordering tea in Slovenia
I’ve been a tea nut fan for as long as can I remember — this should be no surprise to my dear ‘regulars’ (yeah, both of you). Earl Grey, Darjeeling, green bancha, red pu-erh, jasmine green and lapsang souchong are some of my favourites, and actually quite readily available in Ljubljana too, which is great. If we add to this list the cornucopia of fruit and herbal teas Ksenija drinks, we easily have more than 30 different varieties of čaj at home (!).
Anyway, I wanted to warn you, my dear readers, about a remarkable trait that -so far- I have experienced only in Slovenia — the default tea in this country is not “the Queen’s tea”, but herbal or fruit teas instead.
Weird as it might sound (especially considering the awkward choice of words of the last paragraph), if you happen to order some tea at a bar, it’s absolutely necessary to point out that you want a pravi čaj (”real tea”) or črni čaj (”black tea”) or even ruski čaj (”Russian tea”), because otherwise you’ll get some blueberry or elder or God-knows-what tea instead. In fact, I’ve been to a restaurant where they didn’t have black tea at all! The horror!
So beware, foreigner in Slovenia. If you fancy a cup of good old camellia sinensis, make sure you get the right stuff!
Escrito el 28 de May de 2008 y archivado en Mi vida en Eslovenia.
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