Meaning
In Jamaica, 'tea' means any hot morning drink — not only leaf tea. Coffee is 'coffee tea', chocolate is 'chocolate tea', hot Milo, cornmeal porridge, and a mug of hot bush brew are all 'tea'. 'Yuh wan a cup a tea?' might mean any of these. So the everyday morning question of what 'tea' to drink covers a whole range of hot beverages that start the Jamaican day.
Examples
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Yuh wan a cup a tea? — Yes, coffee tea.
Do you want a hot drink? — Yes, coffee.
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Wi have chocolate tea fi breakfast.
We have hot chocolate for breakfast.
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Mint tea good fi di belly.
Mint tea is good for the stomach.
Origin
From 'tea', broadened in Jamaica to mean any hot morning beverage. See [[bush-tea]], [[chaklata]].
How it’s used
Any hot morning drink (coffee 'tea', chocolate 'tea', bush tea, etc.). See [[bush-tea]], [[chaklata]].