It's a cuppa like no other. Every evening in Islamabad a crowd arrives at Sanaullah's street stall to taste his "tandoori chai" - milk tea served in terracotta mugs, still hot from his traditional oven.

The old-fashioned cups are placed directly inside the tandoor, where they are baked at high temperatures.

The tea, prepared separately, is then poured into the cups, where it starts to boil on hitting the hot clay.

The tandoor is most commonly used to bake bread. 

The country is one of the top tea consumers globally according to research firm Euromonitor International, while a recent study by Gallup found 73 percent of Pakistani tea drinkers have at least two or more cups a day.  

AFP