a map showing which countries refer to tea as some form of te and which refer to it as some form of cha

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   Claire-hime (waitworry@jorts.horse)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 05:23:42 JST Claire-hime

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   oh random aside

   generally the languages in countries that first encountered tea by the silk road (by land) from China refer to tea as some variation of "cha" while the languages that first encountered tea by way of the Min Tan port (by sea) refer to it as some variation of "te"