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In Polish language we use herbata word. It is a herb tea. Its unique for whole Europe. I think mostly because it was not popular in Poland for ages. People drin
by tomaszs 7y ago
In Polish language we use herbata word. It is a herb tea. Its unique for whole Europe. I think mostly because it was not popular in Poland for ages. People drinked here honey, milk, mead, beer. Compared to it tea was lame. People added wine, ice cream and other stuff to make it taste better.
Also, there were other brews, for example from mint before here. So herbata was not exciting in any way. But eventually it made it through and is now main beverage here with a distinct name across whole Europe.
- pedrosorio 7y ago> Its unique for whole Europe. Almost. Unsurprisingly, given their history, the only word for tea in Lithuanian is the same - arbata - borrowed from Polish. In Belarus they also use it in parallel with the Russian word (no idea which one is more common in daily usage).
- tomaszs 7y agoPoland ans Lithuania was a union. Maybe it has something to do with it. We are like brothers and sisters