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Laphet

Tea leaves steamed and fermented in pits until sour, eaten rather than brewed

Myanmar Fermented & pickled Vegetarian One for the adventurous

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Grown in the Shan hills and packed into bamboo or pits under weights; historically exchanged as a peace token and used to confirm legal agreements.

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What is Laphet?

Laphet is a fermented & pickled from Myanmar: tea leaves steamed and fermented in pits until sour, eaten rather than brewed. Grown in the Shan hills and packed into bamboo or pits under weights; historically exchanged as a peace token and used to confirm legal agreements.

Made with

tea

Cooked

steamedfermented

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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