№ 01 Morocco
The First Cup
الكأس الأولى مرّة كالحياة، والثانية حلوة كالحبّ، والثالثة لطيفة كالموت
al-kaʾs al-ʾūlā murra ka-l-ḥayāh, wa-l-thāniya ḥulwa ka-l-ḥubb, wa-l-thālitha laṭīfa ka-l-mawt
Why Moroccan tea is served in three cups — bitter, sweet, gentle — and how Ethiopian coffee, Bedouin three-day hospitality, and the Japanese chadō answer back.