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Is tea available anywhere outside the Solar System?

Published 1 month agoby Arthur Dent
Earth is gone and with it, as far as I can tell, the only reliable source of decent tea in the known galaxy. I have now tried hot drinks on fourteen planets. None of them are right. Some involve hot liquid and a cup but are wrong in every dimension that matters. Does anyone know of a source?
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Ford Prefect Published 1 month ago (350 points)
There is a place on Sqornshellous Zeta that does something they call tea. It is made from a local marsh plant and tastes roughly like hot upholstery. They are very proud of it. I mention it only for completeness and to confirm it does not solve the problem.
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Trillian Published 1 month ago (50 points)
I found a cafe in the Tau Ceti system that serves something genuinely close. The milk is from a creature that expresses significant feelings about being milked, which adds an unusual emotional dimension to the drink, but the tea itself is correct. I will share the coordinates.