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Job's Tears Tea
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Job's Tears Tea

South Koreans turned this simple grain into a nutty energy drink.
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Kanji
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Kanji

This fermented purple carrot elixir practically makes itself.
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Doodh Soda
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Doodh Soda

Soda mixed with milk creates this frosty, creamy drink.
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Kopi Joss
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Kopi Joss

You put the charcoal in the coffee cup and drink it all up.
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Feni
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Feni

This triple-distilled cashew fruit liquor is a source of Goan pride.
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Tongba
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Tongba

Every mug of Nepalese millet beer is basically bottomless.
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Black Ivory Coffee
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Black Ivory Coffee

There's an elephant in the room when it comes to the world's most expensive brew.
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Lambanóg
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Lambanóg

We can thank coconuts for this lesser-known tropical moonshine.
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Habushu
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Habushu

These bottles of Okinawan rice liquor come with a coiled pit viper.
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Yuenyeung
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Yuenyeung

The perfect marriage of coffee and tea.
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Lifeguard
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Lifeguard

This Japanese energy drink contains a controversial bee secretion.
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Pu'er
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Pu'er

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.
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Skal
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Skal

Meet Japan's first milk soda.
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Cheese Tea
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Cheese Tea

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.
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Seven-Color Tea
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Seven-Color Tea

Layers of flavored tea combine to create a drinkable rainbow.
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Banta
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Banta

This sweet and salty Indian drink keeps an endangered soda bottle in business.
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Pegu Club Cocktail
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Pegu Club Cocktail

A cocktail that originated in a British officers’ club in erstwhile Burma now has fans across the world.
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Kumis
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Kumis

Infants and Genghis Khan enjoyed this fermented mare's milk.
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Mandazi
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Mandazi

Across East Africa, these cardamom-flavored doughnuts are the perfect pairing for chai.
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Ubuyu
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Ubuyu

These sweetened, dyed baobab seeds will leave your tongue red and tingling with flavor.
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Melktert
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Melktert

Four centuries ago, Dutch dairy farmers made this spiced custard pie into a South African classic.
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Ingberlach
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Ingberlach

Grandmas fashion this near-forgotten Passover treat from ginger and honey.
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Gatsby
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Gatsby

This Cape Town sandwich is as extravagant as a certain literary character.
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Spaghetti Omelette Sandwich
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Spaghetti Omelette Sandwich

It's three meals in one!
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