Forty of us slept on mats outside the home of a family who came around at regular intervals with sugary tea, bananas and coconuts.

A stop in any Iraqi Shiite village, over a glass of black, sugary tea, will more often than not bring forth tales of woe.

She drank to him in the acrid, sugary tea.

Min Tan took loud sips from a beaker of sugary black tea.

At the meeting last Tuesday evening, he and a half dozen colleagues sipped sugary tea and shared good news and bad.

Between chukkers, valets move quietly among the players with pots of sugary tea.

"Welcome, welcome," he said, speaking English and calling for an extra cup of the Maqha's sugary tea.

Generous, too, in elevenses and frequent cups of hot, strong, sugary tea.

On Wednesday, before his show, he served small warm chocolate cakes and sugary tea.

Half an hour later the sister had her organized at a table in the day room, with writing paper and pen and a cup of sugary tea.