<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia . See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions . (February 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia . See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions . (February 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Burma's street culture is basically a tea culture as people, mostly men but also women and families, hang out in tea shops reading the paper or chatting away with friends, exchanging news, gossip and jokes, nursing cups of Indian tea served with a diverse range of snacks from cream cakes to Chinese fried breadsticks (youtiao) and steamed buns (baozi) to Indian naan bread and samosas . Green tea is customarily the first thing to be served free of charge as soon as a customer sits down at a table in all restaurants as well as teashops . </P> <P> Pubs and clubs, unlike in the West, have remained a minority pursuit so far . Teashops are found from the smallest village to major cities in every neighbourhood up and down the country . They are open from the crack of dawn for breakfast till late in the evening, and some are open 24 hours catering for long distance drivers and travellers . One of the most popular teashops in Yangon in the late 1970s was called Shwe Hleiga (Golden Stairs) by popular acclaim as it was just a pavement stall, with low tables and stools for the customers, at the bottom of a stairwell in downtown Yangon . Busy bus stops and terminals as well as markets have several teashops . Train journeys in Myanmar also feature hawkers who jump aboard with giant kettles of tea for thirsty passengers . </P>

It's common in parts of asia to pour salt into tea