Thursday, September 30, 2004
Guinea's new tea craze
In Mali and Senegal there's a popular type of tea called "Saddam" - and now, in Guinea, there's a new trend...
The maker boasts that it's "good for man's organism", and his customers seem to agree -
I wonder if it's any good for kidney disease?
"When the beverage has boiled to a certain level, it sparkles and gives explosive-like rumbling sounds when you open the pot.
"This is why some call it B52, American bombardment, Bin Laden and others call it al-Qaeda," he says.
The maker boasts that it's "good for man's organism", and his customers seem to agree -
"I used to have frequent constipation. But since I started taking this beverage, my bowels are now free, I pass urine freely also, and everything's alright with my body," one al-Qaeda drinker said.
I wonder if it's any good for kidney disease?
