What gives Thai iced tea its orange color?

Spiced black tea and condensed milk

Tea Traditions Quiz: Places, People and Key Facts

In Turkey, tea is served in small tulip-shaped glasses all day long, and this tea traditions quiz explores how cultures around the world drink tea. Join afternoon tea in London, chai wallahs on Indian railways, Moroccan mint tea, Japanese tea ceremony, Russian samovars and Tibetan butter tea.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Turkey
What shape are traditional Turkish tea glasses?
Chai
Who sells tea at Indian train stations?
Butter
What is added to Tibetan po cha?
Afternoon
What is usually served with British afternoon tea?
Morocco
Which herb is central to Moroccan tea?
Bubble
Where was bubble tea invented?
Teh tarik
What does teh tarik mean in Malaysia?
Russia
What is often served with Russian tea?
Cream tea
Which English counties argue about cream or jam first on scones?
Thai
What gives Thai iced tea its orange color?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What shape are traditional Turkish tea glasses?
Answer: Tulip-shaped
Çay is served all day.
Q2: Who sells tea at Indian train stations?
Answer: Chai wallahs
Clay cups called kulhad are common.
Q3: What is added to Tibetan po cha?
Answer: Yak butter and salt
It provides energy at altitude.
Q4: What is usually served with British afternoon tea?
Answer: Sandwiches, scones and cakes
Clotted cream and jam go with scones.
Q5: Which herb is central to Moroccan tea?
Answer: Mint
It is very sweet.
Q6: Where was bubble tea invented?
Answer: Taiwan
Tapioca pearls were added in the 1980s.
Q7: What does teh tarik mean in Malaysia?
Answer: Pulled tea
It is poured between cups to froth.
Q8: What is often served with Russian tea?
Answer: Jam and sweets
Tea glasses sit in metal holders.
Q9: Which English counties argue about cream or jam first on scones?
Answer: Devon and Cornwall
Devon puts cream first.
Q10: What gives Thai iced tea its orange color?
Answer: Spiced black tea and condensed milk
Some brands add coloring.

Tea Traditions Quiz – Tea Around the World

Tea is the world's most consumed drink after water, and every culture has its own rituals. How tea is brewed, served and shared reflects hospitality, climate and history.

Britain's afternoon tea features sandwiches, scones and cakes, and Devon and Cornwall argue over whether cream or jam goes first. In India, chai wallahs sell spiced milky tea at train stations, and Turkey serves çay in tulip-shaped glasses throughout the day.

Other traditions include Moroccan mint tea, Tibetan butter tea made with yak butter and salt, Russian tea from samovars with jam, Malaysia's frothy teh tarik and Taiwan's bubble tea. Japan's tea ceremony turns tea into a mindful art.

What This Quiz Teaches

Tea lovers and travelers will enjoy these questions.

How Turks serve tea
What chai wallahs do
What Tibetan tea contains
Where bubble tea began
How cream teas differ

Did You Know?

Iran serves tea with sugar cubes.
Hong Kong milk tea is strained through cloth.
Argentina shares mate in groups.
Sweet tea is a US Southern staple.
Mongolia drinks salty milk tea.