page_title: List of national drinks
section_title: Africa
hierarchical_section_title: List of national drinks / Africa
caption_attribution_description: English: A glass bottle of tej in a restaurant at Debre Mariam Monastery – Lake Tana near Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Русский: Тэж, ресторан у Богородицкого монастыря – Озеро Тана недалеко от Бахр-Дара, Эфиопия
context_page_description: A national drink is a distinct beverage that is strongly associated with a particular country, and can be part of their national identity and self-image. National drinks fall into two categories, alcoholic and nonalcoholic. An alcoholic national drink is sometimes a liquor drunk straight/neat, but is most often a mixed drink or beer or wine. A beverage can be considered a national drink for a variety of reasons:
  It is a common drink, made from a selection of locally available foodstuffs that can be prepared in a distinctive way, such as mango lassi that uses dahi, a traditional yogurt or fermented milk product, originating from the Indian subcontinent, usually prepared from cow's milk, and sometimes buffalo milk, or goat milk.
  It contains a particular 'exotic' ingredient that is produced locally.
  It is served as a festive culinary tradition that forms part of a cultural heritage—for example eggnog in the US during the holiday period.
  It has been promoted as a national dish by the country itself.
  In some cases, it may be impossible to settle on a national drink for a particular country.
context_section_description:  Algeria:
   Angola:
   Benin:
   Botswana:
   Burkina Faso:
   Burundi:
   Cabo Verde:
   Cameroon:
   Central African Republic:
   Chad:
   Comoros:
   Congo:
   Côte d'Ivoire:
   Democratic Republic of the Congo:
   Djibouti:
   Egypt:black tea
   Equatorial Guinea:
   Eritrea:
   Ethiopia: Tej
   Eswatini:
   Gabon:
   Gambia (Republic of The):
   Ghana:
   Guinea:
   Guinea-Bissau:
   Kenya:
   Lesotho:
   Liberia:
   Libya:
   Madagascar:
   Malawi:
   Mali:
   Mauritania:
   Mauritius:
   Morocco: Moroccan mint tea (atai) is a green tea prepared with spearmint leaves and sugar.
   Mozambique:
   Namibia:
   Niger:
   Nigeria:
   Rwanda:
   São Tomé and Príncipe:
   Senegal:
   Seychelles:
   Sierra Leone:
   Somalia:
   South Africa:Brandy
   South Sudan:
   Sudan:
   Togo:
   Tunisia: Tea
   Uganda:
   United Republic of Tanzania:
   Zambia:
   Zimbabwe: Chibuku
caption: A berele glass containing tej, which is a mead or honey wine brewed and consumed in Ethiopia.
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