Approval Required for Pyongyang Street Vendor Tea Temperature

According to local-lore and fragmentary historical reports, street vendors in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, were subjected to a peculiar bureaucratic regulation on their tea-making practices. Allegedly, a directive mandated that tea served on the streets had to be maintained between 65 and 70 degrees Celsius. The reasoning behind this exact temperature band was supposedly tied to health concerns and uniformity in public service, ensuring neither scalding nor lukewarm tea would be handed to patrons. Vendors were required to obtain approval from local administrators to confirm compliance, reflecting the country's characteristic attention to detailed bureaucratic controls. While no official government document has been publicly verified, this story has persisted in various anecdotal accounts and remains a curious example of the unusual specificity sometimes found in the DPRK’s historical administrative rules. Given the secretive nature of the country, the exact wording and enforcement remain uncertain, making this more of a fascinating local-lore than confirmed statute.