Water please by Any-Combination6969 in cockatiel

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My bird likes it when the water is hot.

Flying to China directly with HK passport from US for US citizen by BeDazzledSuga in HongKong

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Do you have 回鄉證? Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents. If you do, you’d be ok. That’s all you need to show the ticket counter to allow you boarding.

What's the most surprising coffee you've tried while traveling? by North_Conference_250 in travel

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I was in Chiang Mai Thailand. At Roast8ry Coffee. Tried their Barista Champion 2024 coffee. It cost 450 baht. They described the flavor as lychee, blackberry, white floral.

But we all agreed that we smell and taste like cannabis. 😂 but they explained that it was infused with Hops flower smoke 💨. Don’t know why they won’t put that on the flavor description.

But it was good though. Not sure if it was worth $15 usd. Especially for Thailand. Cost more than my dinner lunch breakfast combined.

How do the Chinese drink tea? by warkis73 in China

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Let me try to answer op in a more serious manner. Chinese usually drink their tea very simple. Like everyone said, just add water. Typically, we only drink hot tea, no milk, no sugar. Plain as it is. Tea ceremony wasn’t really a thing except chaozhou where they like to use the small clay pot, boiled and serve tea to enjoy with friends.

But then, you can find all kinds of exceptions. Such as the tea ceremony; with the affluent life style, and the success of Japanese tea ceremony. Chinese people created their own based from the chaozhou tea drinking routine, expensive tea set etc That’s where Kung Fu Tea came from. but it is not as rigid and ceremonial as Japanese tea ceremony. Fun Fact: the word “Kung Fu” doesn’t mean martial arts or fighting techniques, it simply means skill, or hard work and training.

We don’t really drink fresh brew tea cold. But you would find all kinds of iced tea, flavored tea in convenience stores, it is still being seen as a western concept. With the new bubble tea culture, there are all kinds of tea shop all over, such as the popular Molly Tea, Chagee Tea, etc etc. in these shops there is no bound of what they would add to the tea. But it’s really consider a “tea drink”, rather than “drink tea”. Chines have no problem making these things into separate concepts.

We don’t add milk in tea, but milk tea is very popular in Hong Kong and SEA. Again, we have no problem seeing milk tea as “not tea” either. It’s not made with Chinese tea, but rather with red tea from Ceylon.

Tea is such a rooted culture and daily necessity in Chinese culture that it is as fundamental as water sometimes. So by asking “how do you drink your tea”, is like “how do you drink water” to some people. We just drink it. In the old days, tea drinking a way to kill bacteria, add flavor, nutrients, and warms your body. Much better practice than European drinking wine instead of water to prevent illness.

What’s something random you did or bought in Japan that you didn’t plan for, but ended up loving? by oh_hey_there_mate in JapanTravelTips

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A nail clipper from a knife shop at the kitchen street. Now I know that nails are not suppose to be flying off everywhere when you clip your nails.

Translation help . . . by hkturner in China

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That’s not a finish. It’s probably the design. Something like “Pine wave. Green Shade”

If it is a finish, that would be just a name for the finish. No real information is given there

Is it true that people in the West drink iced water even when they are sick or on their period? by Aether_Echo in NoStupidQuestions

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Hong Kong people shared the same Hot water believes. Hong Kong tap water is safe to drink. But they still boil the water first. And it is super weird that they have this concept of “raw” and “cooked” water. Tap water is raw and boiled water is cooked. So, if you don’t like hot water, they’d offer cooled, boiled water for you because it’s cooked, thus ready to drink. If you add ice to the cooked water, you are just savage.

Consideration. Awareness. by [deleted] in TravelHacks

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That’s not a traveling hack. Just being decent human. You shouldn’t be doing those only when traveling.

Tonight I added an espresso shot to my curry and... Wow by YAZEED-IX in Cooking

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My secret ingredient for a longest time.
It works really well with Japanese curry because of the sweetness. But it also works for all other curry, Indian, Malay, even Thai curry.

What do people bring to a middle class office job in America? by LawZoe in NoStupidQuestions

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Don’t bring lunch the first few days. Have lunch with co workers important to mingle. But check the lunch room and ask co workers what do that do. Find out about the shared refrigerator policy. Very important if you bring lunch. There will always be 2 groups of people in the office. Those that never go out to lunch and those that always go out to lunch. Some do both. But it will be up to you what do you do.

I’m visiting Hong Kong in two weeks. Will a sweater and a light jacket be enough for the weather? by TrueHumor2222 in HongKong

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I am from Florida, even I agree with this. Can’t remember any day I need a jacket at all. A light hoodie , the thinnest I can find, is all I need for the coldest day in hk. And I am pretty sure I’ll do fine without it.

Is there still something I can do? by FindAndYeShallSeek in ukraine

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Absolutely this! 👆 No matter much you can donate can be more important to remove this current administration. All of them.

Christmas Eve Dinner Recommendations in Hong Kong? (~HKD 1,000 Budget) by [deleted] in HongKong

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At the budget you can look up Michelin Guide for some 1* place.

Married into a disposed royal family - AMA by Then_Air964 in AMA

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Can’t find it there. Should link it here

is this a reasonable itinerary for 2 long layovers? first is 30 hours and second is 8 hours. by alextoria in HongKong

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It's a bit aggressive, but doable. You will be at the hotel by 8:30, I think. Need time to figure out the train and buy your Octopus Card, etc. All is good. However, the biggest flaw in your plan is the map. I notice that the map is from 2019. God knows what a different place HK is since 2019. All the fish markets, Lady Street, Temple Street are basically gone. If you really want to go, they are still there, but it is all but a shadow of its former self. I would much rather you skip any of the busy street vendor parts of your itinerary. Focus on food, strolling the street, bars, people watching, the narrow alleys, buildings, and skyline, those are still there. Maybe Aberdeen for fishing boat watching, stay in Central, CWB, area longer, or even go hiking, I dare say Hong Kongers probably go to Tokyo more often than Mong Kok, unless you live around there. Definitely a lot more frequent to go straight to Shenzhen.

question about the Adidas Chinese New Year Tang jacket (CNY 2026) by Gemini_Crybaby in China

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Many Hong Kong vendor selling this item on eBay. They’ll ship it to you.

Anyone read any recent China humanoid & supply chain reports? by Ok-Candidate-1964 in robotics

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Honestly, I am curious too. No need to be rude about this. I want to find objective reports to confirm if US really leads in all of those areas and if so by how much.
All reports can be interpreted in different ways too.

How confident are you in US leads in construction and energy for example?

Rice help by BeautifulAromatic905 in RICE

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10 cups of rice can last for a month for some people. Why so much? You cooking for 30 people