What is the passage mainly about?

One tea plant gives rise to many different customs around the world (The passage shows how one simple plant leads to many tea customs across countries.)

According to the text, how is tea served in Morocco?

Green tea poured with mint and sugar to make a foam (The text says in Morocco green tea is poured "with mint and plenty of sugar... to make a foam on top.")

Why might refusing tea seem rude in many places?

Offering tea is a sign of welcome, so refusing rejects that welcome (Since offering tea is "a sign of welcome," turning it down rejects the welcome itself.)

In this passage, "customs" most nearly means

the usual ways a group of people does things (The examples -- ceremonies, milk, mint and foam -- are a group's usual ways, so customs means usual ways.)

A World of Tea: Level 2 Reading Comprehension Questions

After water, tea is the most common drink in the world. It is made in a simple way: pour hot water over the dried leaves of the tea plant, and wait. Yet from this one plant, people have built countless customs.

In Japan, a tea ceremony can last for hours and follows careful, quiet steps. In England, tea often comes with milk in the afternoon. In Morocco, green tea is poured with mint and plenty of sugar, from high above the glass to make a foam on top. In many places, offering tea to a guest is a sign of welcome, and to refuse it can seem rude.

The tea plant grows best on cool, wet hillsides, and its leaves are still picked by hand in many countries. One plant, one hot pot of water, and yet a thousand ways to share a warm drink with another person.

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