Culture

Take a sneak peek into what my brain went through at a local Cha Caan Teng in Hong Kong. Navigating my unique in-between identity while sipping on a refreshing iced milk tea.

It was one afternoon in a French classroom. Our Moroccan French teacher, Monsieur Alami, came in with an enormous grocery shopping bag carried over his shoulder. The students observed him as he revealed a plain-featured silver pot from the bag. What could be inside? When he eventually lifted the lid, everyone leaned in–it was Moroccan mint tea!