Afghan national drink, tea, good at all hours (The State) Afghan men shuffle into Abdul Wali's rustic tea shop at dawn's first light. Two gleaming brass water boilers sit at the back of his shop in Kabul's old city. Silver kettles line the wall. Chatter fills the shop until nightfall as customers debate politics, the poor state of the economy, and the U.S. and NATO fight against the Taliban. Tea is Afghanistan's unofficial national drink. It is offered ...
