FOOD RECIPE • BAJORAN DEKA TEA

INGREDIENTS (FOR ONE MUG):

• 1 TEABAG OF RED BERRIES
• 1 TEABAG OF CARAMEL BLACK TEA
• OPTIONAL: SUGAR, MILK/CREAM

1. HEAT UP YOUR WATER IN A KETTLE OR IN A SAUCEPAN.

2. PUT BOTH RED BERRIES AND CARAMEL BLACK TEA TEABAGS IN YOUR MUG.

3. ONCE YOUR WATER IS WARM ENOUGH, POUR IT IN YOUR MUG AND LET IT INFUSE AT YOUR OWN TASTE.

4. IN A GLASS OR STAINLESS STEEL MUG, POUR SOME MILK OR CREAM AND FROTH IT BY WHIPPING IT OR USING A FROTHER. ONCE DONE, ADD IT ON TOP OF YOUR TEA. YOU CAN ALSO ADD YOUR MILK/CREAM INTO YOUR TEA AND FROTH IT FROM YOUR MUG.

5. TO SWEETEN YOUR TEA, YOU CAN ADD SOME SUGAR (BEFORE ADDING MILK).

DOCTOR MORA POL DRINKING DEKA TEA

WHAT IS DEKA TEA?

THE DEKA IS A PLANT AND A FRUIT GROWING ON THE PLANET BAJOR. FROM A HUMAN POINT OF VIEW, DEKA FRUITS ARE USUALLY SAID TO HAVE A SWEET AND FRUITY FLAVOR, A MIX BETWEEN STRONG SUGAR AND RED BERRIES.

DEKA TEA IS COMMONLY SERVED HOT AND IS CONSIDERED A COMFORTING BEVERAGE AMONG THE BAJORAN POPULATION. CARDASSIANS, DURING THE OCCUPATION OF BAJOR, ALSO LIKED DRIKING IT A LOT INSTEAD OF CARDASSIAN KANAR, A KIND OF HIGHLY ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. BAJORAN WOMEN NEWLY ARRIVED ABOARD STATION TEROK NOR (NOW KNOWN AS DEEP SPACE NINE) WERE WELCOMED WITH A CUP OF DEKA TEA TO COMFORT THEM.

JUMJA TEA, ANOTHER BAJORAN HOT DRINK

JUMJA TEA IS ANOTHER BAJORAN TEA. ALSO SERVED HOT, IT IS A STRONGER FRUITY TASTE BEVERAGE THAT CLOSELY RESEMBLE EARTH BLACKBERRY CURRANT. THAT IS WHY THIS TEA IN OUR REAL WORLD COULD BE REPLICATED USING THE DEKA RECIPE AND CHANGING FROM RED BERRIES TEABAG TO BLACKBERRY CURRANT TEABAG.

JUMJA IS A WELL-KNOWN FOOD INGREDIENT IN BAJORAN FOOD. IT IS ACTUALLY A SAP COMING FROM THE JUMJA TREE. IT BEARS A STRONG RESEMBLANCE WITH MAPLE SAP MADE FOR MAPLE SYRUP. JUMJA SAP IS USED TO PREPARE THE FAMOUS JUMJA STICK, A KIND OF BAJORAN CANDY-CANE. JUMJA TEA IS THE TEA PRODUCED WITH A MIX OF JUMJA LEAVES AND SAP. JUMJA COULD ALSO BE USED AS SYRUP LIKE EARTH MAPLE'S ONE.