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'''Especially in northern Madagscar, the kola nut is a popular natural energizer. The nut, which is bitter in taste and rich in caffeine, is either chewed directly or prepared as tea - ''thé kola''.'''
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For a thé kola the nut is peeled, sun-dried and thereafter pounded. The nut powder is boiled with water and poured through a sieve. To neutralise the bitter/sourly taste, the tea is mixed with plenty of sugar and/or sweetened condensed milk. For a litre of tea one needs about five kola nuts.
== Best thé Thé kola throughout Madagascar ==
Madame Juliane in [[Diego Suarez]]<br>
-13.725203, 48.478543
Madame Soaluis in [[Marotolana_(Ambanja)|Marotolana]]<br>
-14.025978, 48.614772
Thé kola stand under a shaded tree at the market in [[Mosorolava]]<br>
-12.735762, 48.966194
Between Ambanja and Ambilobe<br>
S 13°31.266' E048°41.080'<br>
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