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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by skety on Friday January 12, 2018 @06:27AM (#16132110)
Any Vietnamese know why Vietnam has "tea" in the middle and "cha" in north or south on the map? I spend 2 months in the north then lived for a few month in Saigon. I never came across people using anything other than "trà" (cha).
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by favadi on Friday January 12, 2018 @06:40AM (#16132157)
Vietnamese uses both "chè" and "trà". But for some reasons, for things like iced tea, bubble tea we only use "trà". For the traditional tea that serves in a teapot, either is fine.
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by skety on Friday January 12, 2018 @07:14AM (#16132290)
I forgot about chè, thank you for reminding me. this word is also a desert according to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A8
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by sondh on Friday January 12, 2018 @06:41AM (#16132161)
What did you mean saying "tea in the middle"? I'm quite sure we Vietnamese only use "chè" or "trà", both variants are basically "cha" I think.
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by skety on Friday January 12, 2018 @07:06AM (#16132262)
Sorry if I wasn't clear. Looking at the map, there are 6 dots over Vietnam. The 2 in the middle of Vietnam (around Hue and Danang I guess) are pink, for "te" as opposed to the other one which are blue, for "cha".
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