The Joy of Tea Break in Myanmar

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One of the joys of visiting Myanmar is taking tea break - tea is such a big part of the social culture in Myanmar. Read more here: On my first trip to Yangon, Myanmar, I immediately noticed how tea was an important part of the culture. Everywhere you walk, youll see people sitting on small plastic stools, socializing, doing business, watching tv, and just hanging out with colleagues, friends, and family, while drinking tea. At nearly every time of the day, from morning until late at night, youll find local people drinking tea. As a tea drinker myself, I quickly fell in love with the friendly Myanmar culture of drinking tea and socializing, all while sitting on tiny plastic chairs and tables. When you arrive at a tea stall in Yangon, they will immediately serve you a pot of Chinese tea - thats the standard in Myanmar - no matter if you sit down at a restaurant or stall, youll be served hot tea. What I learned on my first day in Yangon, years ago, is that tea is served for free, so its intended that youll then go ahead and order something else while you sit there. You can choose to drink a different type of more deluxe tea, like a chai style milk tea, or a coffee. On this particular tea break, one mid-morning in Yangon, Yinga and I were just walking around and decided to stop. I mostly wanted to just drink the soothing Chinese tea, but I also decided to order a hot black coffee. The coffee, I think was instant coffee, so its wasnt of the best quality, but it was alright. It was served with a wedge of lime, which was an interesting combination. Along with our coffee and tea, we also ordered a small plate of samosas and a small plate of spring rolls - two popular snacks that are available on the streets of Yangon. Everything was alright, but what I like even more than the snacks and the beverages is just the culture and atmosphere that revolves around a tea break in Myanmar. I think its one of the most interesting and joyous parts of traveling in Myanmar. So when you visit, be sure to stop at a road-side stall, enjoy some tea, and some small snacks
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Abhimanyu Bhattacharjee
Me and my wife spend our one hour at night watching ur videos You have a very unique skills of describing the taste of the food. we both love it. and oh yes your head swing when u love the food. You should file for a copyright: ) Love the idea of sitting in a cheap food outlet like this and enjoying simple but amazing flavors of a town
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vacationboyvideos
Mark this video has the best angles in shots the top view looking down at your entire table the different views and angles of you eating the food including the serving station thumbs up it's as if you had several camera crews sorry to hear the food wasn't all that great I love that tree in the background
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Winict Maximus Cosmo
tea culture is very popular. people talk about daily politics, sports and listen musics there. actually. tea shops are where we have appointment with our friends and talk business there. if you are in the indoor tea house, they play some musics as well: )
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buu Ho
Are you kdding me? You lived in Thailand, but dont known what kind of sauce is it? The sauce thai you eat with spring roll called Fishsauce mix with chillie, garlic and sugar. Fish sauce is a staple ingredient in numerous cultures in S. E/Asia, Thai, Viet, Myanmar.
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Hut Cha
not related to this video, but since I saw your happiness eating hot spicy foodI think you should try something like thisWorlds Hottest Pepper Challenge - Carolina Reaper(from Good Mythical Morning)or just any chilli, it could be your kind of thing: Pnice vids
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xcessive2008
hi mark, wow what a moster tree growing there right in the middle of everything, what kind is it? (right behind you with the shelf nailed in it) anyway I love eating in the morning too, well anytime actually lol. looks great. nice vid thx: )
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Sandar Oo
Hi Mark, it's 11: 47pm right now and i am still watching your videos. I don't know whete do you live but if you happen to be in Bowling green, Ky, i invite you to come and have lunch with my family. Thank you. I love your work. Happy new year.
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HOHO Kuwait
Sambusa and spring roll are different everywhere. In my home town we have: pizza, chicken and corn, cream cheese with mint. Ect of sambusa flavoures. And for the spring roll we have spicy chicken, creamy chicken and of course eggplant
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Dreamgirlcrafty
I can see u get to taste all amazing food in our country and enhiying. All videos are looking really good and make me want to go back just for a day. thank u for sharing all our tasty delicious burmese food with all your subbies.
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Mike R
Another awesome video yet again Mark, but something about it tells me you didn't enjoy it a great deal to what we usually see. Not to be negative, but 'The triumphant face of overwhelming joy' just wasn't there.
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