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What is milk tea?

Milk tea includes grassland milk tea, coconut milk tea, silk stockings milk tea, bubble tea milk tea and Xinjiang milk tea.

1, 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, rich milk fragrance and is beneficial to health.

2. Coconut milk tea

Hainan coconut milk tea is a "noble" in milk tea. Pure coconut milk tea is blended with coconut powder in black tea powder. The tea body of coconut milk tea keeps the pink color of milk tea, and the aroma of brewed milk tea is particularly pleasant. Coconut powder endows Hainan coconut milk tea with unique charm.

3. Silk stockings and milk tea

Hong Kong's milk tea, also known as "silk stockings milk tea", is made of black tea mixed with thick fresh milk and sugar, with more milk and sugar. The cup is very big and can be drunk hot and cold.

4. bubble tea

A popular bubble tea in Taiwan Province Province, glutinous rice balls are added to milk tea. Cooked dumplings are black and crystal clear, so they are named after "Pearl" and can be added with various ingredients to make different flavors.

5. Xinjiang milk tea

The raw materials of Xinjiang milk tea are tea and milk or goat milk. It is not without reason that ethnic minorities in Xinjiang love to drink milk tea. Because there are more meat and less vegetables in pastoral areas and alpine regions, milk tea is needed to help digestion.

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Milk tea was originally a daily drink of nomadic people in northern China, with a history of at least thousands of years. Since the Yuan Dynasty, it has spread all over the world. At present, different kinds of milk tea are popular in Greater China, Central Asian countries, India, Arabia, Britain, Malaysia, Singapore and other regions. 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 adding special spices from Ma Sala; Silk stockings milk tea originated in Hongkong and bubble tea originated in Taiwan Province Province also have their own characteristics.