Explosive al-Qaeda brew hits Guinea

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By Alhassan Sillah
BBC correspondent in Conakry


A new tea craze is sweeping through Guinea. It is not the brew itself that is new, but its name: Al-Qaeda.


People gather most evenings to chat over a cup of al-Qaeda tea

The local non-alcoholic beverage has people pouring into the night-time drinking holes of the country's capital, Conakry, for what clientele call the tea's explosive and restorative properties.

Aziz Mouna Camara, a proprietor of one drinking establishment, says the fermented concoction gets its name from its volatile nature.

"When the beverage has boiled to a certain level, it sparkles and gives explosive-like rumbling sounds when you open the pot. "This is why some call it B52, American bombardment, Bin Laden and others call it al-Qaeda," he says.
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