Does anyone know where milk tea originated?

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Milk tea was originally a daily drink of nomadic people in Mongolian plateau, which has a history of at least thousands of years. Mongolian plateau is the hometown of nomadic people and the birthplace of milk tea. At first, the most authentic was Mongolian milk tea. It has spread all over the world since the Yuan Dynasty.

Milk tea in Mongolian Plateau and Central Asia has never changed for thousands of years, and it is still a necessary drink for daily drinking and hospitality. There are different flavors of milk tea in other regions, such as Indian milk tea, which is famous for the special spices added in Ma Sala.

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Milk tea made by Mongolian, Kazak and other northern nomadic people is collectively called grassland milk tea. Mongolian milk tea and Xinjiang milk tea belong to grassland milk tea. Grassland milk tea is the originator of all milk teas, which is made by mixing brick tea with fresh milk and adding salt. The northern grassland has a cold climate, so drinking hot salty milk tea can drive away the cold. Grassland milk tea has a unique flavor.

Mongolians mainly live in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and some surrounding provinces. Mongolian herdsmen mainly eat cattle, mutton and dairy products, supplemented by food and vegetables. Brick tea is an indispensable drink for herdsmen. Drinking salty milk tea boiled with brick tea is a traditional Mongolian tea drinking custom.

Uighurs, Uzbeks, Kirgiz and Tibetans in China, and Mongolians and Kazaks in China and Mongolia all have the habit of making milk tea. Mongolian milk tea and Xinjiang milk tea are salty milk tea, mostly blue brick tea or black brick tea, and the cooking utensils are iron pots.

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