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wow, ya, thanks for livening up this thread. I love tea, and have a vast selection of loose fannings that I brought in from Sri Lanka. There's about 3 kg of fannings wrapped in foil, in my freezer, waiting to be enjoyed.
While I was in SL, I had the priviledge to live and work on a Tea Estate, in the highlands, past Kandy. This used to be a British run tea plantation back in the 19th century, but was nationalized in the '70's. I learned to make a distinction between the types of teas that were sorted and bid upon by the world's tea houses for mixing later. that's why I was lucky to get some before it left the country.
In Sri Lanka the prefered metehod to imbibe is about 2/3 orange pekoe (which i believe is the term for picking the three tender-most shoots on the twig of the tea plant) black tea with 1/3 condensed milk. They may froth it up with a bamboo whisk, and then pour it in a tea cup. Add about 5 - 10 tea spoons of sugar, and then pour into your saucer to sip.
In the saucer is usually a piece of fudge called jaggery which FURTHER sweetens the tea. this jaggery is made from palm tree sap much like maple fudge is made from maple sap. This jaggery is either left to soak in the saucer of tea or placed in the mouth, tucked between the molars and cheek for extra-added flavour.
As you can imagine, this way of drinking, in the very homeland of tea, was astonishing to me, who drinks tea plain, no milk no sugar. The feeling was mutual, and I often was served up my tea free of charge!
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