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Camellia (pronounced / k ə ˈ m ɛ l i ə / [2] or / k ə ˈ m iː l i ə / [3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. [1] They are found in tropical and subtropical areas in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia.
Noon chai (Kashmiri pronunciation: [nuːnɨ t͡ʃaːj]), also called Kashmiri tea, pink tea, gulabi chai, [1] Namkeen chai (pronounced [namkiːn t͡ʃaːj]), [2] [better source needed] and Sheer chai ([ʃiːrʲ t͡ʃaːj]) [3] is a traditional tea beverage originating in Kashmir.
Gulab or Gulaab (Persian: گلاب gulāb) is a Persian compound noun meaning "rose water". The noun or name is combined from two nouns "gul" (گل) which is the generic word for "flower" or the name for "rose", and "āb" (اب) which means "water". Generally the noun is also used as a name and a nickname in Persian poetry to mean "sweetheart ...
Chamomile (Arabic: بابونج, romanized: bābūnaj) tea is made by brewing dried chamomile flowers and has many health benefits, including reducing stress and anxiety, alleviating pain and discomfort, and also improving sleep and insomnia. [5] Anise (Arabic: يانسون, romanized: yānsūn) tea has been well known for hundreds of years. [6]
Two kinds of Iranian sharbat (center is lemon and right is cherry sharbat) along with Iranian tea (left) Sharbat (Persian: شربت, pronounced [ʃæɾˈbæt]; also transliterated as shorbot, šerbet or sherbet) is a drink prepared from fruit or flower petals. [1] It is a sweet cordial, and usually served chilled. It can be served in ...
A cup of Kahwah made with tulsi in place of the typical green tea. Kashmiri kahwah is made by boiling green tea leaves with local saffron, cinnamon, cardamom and occasionally Kashmiri roses. It is generally served with sugar or honey and crushed nuts, usually almonds or walnuts. Some varieties are made as a herbal infusion only—without the ...
In Old Persian cuneiform it was known as 𐏃𐎢𐎶 hauma, as in the DNa inscription (c. 490 BC) which makes reference to "haoma-drinking Scythians" (Sakā haumavargā). The Middle Persian form of the name is 𐭧𐭥𐭬 hōm, which continues to be the name in Modern Persian and other living Iranian languages (هوم).
In Persian literature, red poppies, especially red corn poppy flowers, are considered the flower of love. They are often called the eternal lover flower. In classic and modern Persian poems, the poppy is a symbol of people who died for love (Persian: راه عشق). Many poems interchange "poppy" and "tulip" (Persian: لاله).