United Arab Emirates
Karak Chai
كارك تشاي
Strong spiced tea with milk, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, and saffron, brought by Indian diaspora, now UAE's beloved street-side daily drink, strong tea flavor with creamy texture and distinct cardamom aroma.
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Jammu and Kashmir, India
Kashmiri Chai
کشمیری چائے
Green tea whisked long with bicarbonate of soda until it turns red, then cut with milk to a rose pink and topped with pistachio.
Kazakhstan
Kazakh Tea
Шай
A Kazakh black tea, served in piyala bowls with milk or butter, a national and hospitality icon.
Kenya
Kenyan Chai
Chai
A Kenyan black tea with milk, sugar, and cardamom, a national and hospitality icon
Morocco
Khoudenjal Tea
خودنجال
A Moroccan infusion of galangal and warming spices, brewed as a fragrant after-meal drink.
Arusha, Tanzania
Kilimanjaro Coffee
Kahawa ya Kilimanjaro
Named Tanzanian coffee from the Kilimanjaro and northern highland growing areas, sold as an origin product rather than an anonymous commodity.
Hawaii, United States
Kona coffee
A rare, mild coffee grown on the slopes of Hawaii's Mauna Loa, prized for its smooth, low-acid profile.
Singapore, Malaysia
Kopi
Kopi C
Robusta beans roasted with sugar and margarine, brewed through a cloth sock and poured over condensed milk; ordered by a coded shorthand at every coffee shop
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Kopi joss
Kopi joss, coffee with a lump of glowing charcoal dropped into the glass, is a named Yogyakarta street-side institution and a genuinely singular preparation.
Ethiopia
Kuti Shai
ቁቲ ሻይ
A unique Ethiopian tea brewed from the leaves of the coffee plant (rather than the beans). Lightly caffeinated, mellow, and a Harari-region specialty.
Greenland
Labrador Tea (Qajaasat)
Labrador tea (qajaasat), a fragrant Greenlandic infusion brewed from wild ledum leaves.
Laos
Lao Coffee
ກາເຟລາວ
Bolaven Plateau coffee brewed strong through a cloth filter and poured over sweetened condensed milk, served hot or over ice.
Libya
Libyan Tea
Shahi
Tea boiled down repeatedly over a small stove until it is almost syrup, poured from a height into small glasses and topped with a spoon of roasted peanuts or almonds.
Lucerne, Switzerland
Lucerne Coffee
Kafi Luz
A Lucerne drink of strong coffee mixed with a generous measure of fruit brandy (Träsch or Kirsch), sweetened with sugar.
Argentina
Lágrima
An Argentine coffee of mostly steamed milk with a 'tear' (lágrima) of espresso, served in a large cup. The mildest café option, popular at breakfast and merienda.
Melbourne, Australia
Magic
Melbourne specialty: double ristretto with steamed milk in 120-150mL cup, off-menu item in many cafes, proper ristretto extraction with good milk texture, a rare Melbourne icon.
Ingredient
Mahorais Coffee
Café Maoré
Arabica/Robusta coffee grown and roasted in Mayotte, often with a light, fruity, low-bitterness profile. Produced by the Café Cacao Maoré association and sold locally.
Malawi
Malawi Coffee
Arabica and Robusta coffee grown by smallholder cooperatives in the highlands of Malawi; a small but growing specialty crop with bright, fruity notes.
Malawi
Malawi Tea
Black tea from the Shire Highlands of Malawi, the first country in Africa to plant tea commercially; full-bodied and brisk, often drunk with milk and sugar.
Mali
Malian Tea
Ataya
Sweet green tea prepared in three rounds across Mali and the Sahel; brewed in a small teapot with sugar and mint; poured back and forth to create foam; the three rounds have names and meanings — the first is bitter like death, the second mild like life, the third sweet like love; a social ritual central to Malian hospitality.
Western Honduras, Honduras
Marcala Coffee
Café de Marcala
High-altitude arabica from the La Paz highlands around Marcala, Honduras's first coffee denomination of origin, grown mostly on smallholdings.
Vienna, Austria
Maria Theresia
Coffee with orange liqueur and whipped cream, named after Empress Maria Theresa, an elegant Viennese coffee specialty, refined and aromatic.
India
Masala Chai
मसाला चाय
Spiced black tea brewed with milk, ginger, cardamom, and cloves. It is India's most beloved beverage, served on every street corner.
Japan
Matcha
抹茶
Stone-ground powdered green tea whisked with hot water, the centerpiece of the Japanese tea ceremony.
Argentina
Mate
Argentina's daily ritual: a caffeinated infusion of yerba mate steeped in hot (not boiling) water in a gourd, sipped through a metal bombilla and shared in a circle.
Argentina
Mate Cocido
A brewed yerba mate tea, served in a cup with milk and sugar, like a tea bag. A school and breakfast drink, milder and less ritualized than the gourd mate.
Algeria
Mazagran
مازاغران
Cold sweetened coffee with lemon, said to have been drunk by French soldiers at Mazagran in the 1840s and claimed as the first iced coffee.
Gaziantep, Turkey
Menengiç Coffee
Menengiç Kahvesi
A traditional caffeine-free coffee substitute from Gaziantep made by roasting and grinding the seeds of the terebinth tree (Pistacia terebinthus), then brewing them like Turkish coffee in a cezve. The resulting drink has a nutty, slightly resinous flavor and is served with sugar. Gaziantep Menengiç Kahvesi received a protected geographical indication from the European Union.
Guangdong, Hong Kong
Milk Tea
丝袜奶茶
Strong black tea drawn repeatedly through a cloth sock filter and cut with evaporated milk, served hot or over ice.
Tunisia
Mint Tea with Pine Nuts
شاي بالصنوبر
Strong green tea boiled with mint and sugar and poured over a spoonful of pine nuts or roasted almonds sitting in the glass.
Japan
Mugicha
麦茶
Caffeine-free roasted barley tea, served chilled in summer as Japan's most popular cold drink.
Nepal
Nepali Tea
नेपाली चिया
Tea grown in Nepal's eastern hills is brewed as a fragrant black cup, sometimes served with milk, sugar, or spice.
Bhutan
Ngaja
སྔར་ཇ།
Sweet milk tea boiled with sugar and sometimes cardamom, the alternative offered alongside suja and the one visitors usually pick.
Morocco
Nous-Nous (Half-Half Coffee)
نص نص
A Moroccan café drink of half coffee and half milk, a French-influenced staple. A daily and social drink, creamy and strong, a national and urban classic, a morning and café ritual, a popular coffee variant.
Thailand
Oliang
โอเลี้ยง
Traditional Thai iced coffee brewed with soybeans, sesame, and corn, sweetened with sugar and condensed milk.
Taiwan
Oriental Beauty
東方美人
Heavily oxidised oolong made from leaves bitten by tea jassids, which triggers a defence response that gives the tea its honey and muscat character.