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In vino Veritas. In Aqua satietas. In... What is the Latin

In vino Veritas. In Aqua satietas. In… What is the Latin for Tea? What! Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone. – Hilaire Belloc, “On Tea,” 1908

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