b as well as their green 



3*3 tea. 



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rt g) A Troglodyte Sheik 

 when serving tea sits in 

 his rock cave behind a 



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§ low table about five 

 inches high, on which 

 are arranged several tea- 

 pots, often brought from 

 Jjjjf Mecca, made of copper 

 § or brass, and dama- 

 ge seined with Persian de- 

 c^j signs in silver. As many 

 ^ § tiny cups as there are 

 •5 bo guests are placed on the 

 g| tray. 



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on their father, for wo- 

 where in the world is 

 | such respect shown to a 

 parent. A son may not 

 smoke in the presence of 

 <5 M% his father. 



An entire sugar loaf 

 % § has been brought in and 

 ^ d^ placed with a hammer 



< 'I s near the Sheik. The tea- 

 g .g£ pots having been filled 

 >j with water, they are set 

 g '^jy on glowing coals, often 



g « of dried camel's dung, as 



< o w charcoal and wood are 

 g 8 w almost unknown. When 

 w the water boils, the tea 

 g ^ is added and great lumps 



^od of sugar are broken off 

 2 M with the hammer and 

 ^ t»p put into the teapots. 

 ° ^ Then each cup is 



o slowly filled and the 

 g Sheik sips a little to see 

 S.B if it tastes right ; then all 

 -g*E the cups are emptied in- 

 3jH to the teapots and 

 shaken up and then 

 poured out again. This 

 % process is continued for 

 %a a long time until the tea 

 is almost like a liquor; 

 mint and other ingredi- 

 |.o ents are often added, so 

 that the beverage does 

 not resemble tea. 



In extreme southern 

 Tunisia the more noise 

 •^.g one makes in drinking 



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