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The first glass is bitter like life, the second is sweet like love, and the third is gentle like death.

The traditional three rounds of Saharan mint tea are said to mirror the stages and moods of a person's life, poured and shared slowly as an act of hospitality.

Traditional Sahrawi Wisdom, Western Sahara

Source: Traditional Saharan tea-ceremony saying, shared Sahrawi-Tuareg-Maghrebi oral tradition, widely documented in Saharan travel and ethnographic literature (public domain)

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