Fond past memories have a strong influence over us. A friend’s future mother-in-law was the daughter of a U.S. diplomat stationed in Morocco long ago. Naturally, she developed a taste for mint. I know she drinks mint tea to this day, but I’m not sure if it’s like what they drink in Morocco.
I was rather surprised it was green tea they used; I’d heard hongcha elsewhere. I still have an association that hongcha was what “caught on” in the greater world and greens were mostly a Sino-Nipponese thing. A prejudice that is obviously not founded in reality!
M.
