10 questions🇬🇧English
☕ Tea & Coffee Around the World
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Questions
Which country is traditionally credited as the birthplace of tea drinking?
India
Sri Lanka
China
Japan
20s
Legend says a goatherd named Kaldi discovered coffee after his goats became lively. In which country is coffee thought to originate?
Colombia
Turkey
Brazil
Ethiopia
20s
Matcha is a finely ground powder made from which type of tea?
Rooibos tea
Black tea
Oolong tea
Green tea
20s
Which espresso drink is traditionally made with roughly equal parts espresso, steamed milk and milk foam?
Flat white
Cappuccino
Latte
Americano
20s
Which country has been the world's largest coffee producer for over 150 years?
Brazil
Vietnam
Ethiopia
Colombia
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Oolong tea is often described as sitting between green and black tea. Why?
Its leaves are not oxidised at all
Its leaves are partially oxidised
Its leaves are smoked over pine fires
Its leaves are fully oxidised
30s
Who is usually credited with starting the British tradition of afternoon tea in the 1840s?
Anna, Duchess of Bedford
Queen Victoria
Catherine of Braganza
Queen Elizabeth I
30s
The flat white is usually said to have originated in which part of the world?
Scandinavia
Italy
Australia and New Zealand
United States
30s
In Hindi, what does the word 'chai' simply mean?
Ginger
Tea
Spice
Milk
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Caffeine keeps you alert mainly by blocking the effect of which molecule in the brain?
Adenosine
Serotonin
Dopamine
Melatonin
30s