Detailed Classification and Introduction of China Milk Tea

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Bubble tea, red bean milk tea, silk stockings milk tea, Mongolian milk tea, Indian milk tea.

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Grassland milk tea

Traditional grassland milk tea

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.

Mongolian plateau is the hometown of nomadic people and the birthplace of milk tea. At first, the most authentic was Mongolian milk tea. 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.

The salty milk tea that Mongolians drink is mostly blue brick tea or black brick tea, and the cooking utensils are iron pots. When boiling salty milk tea, you should first break the brick tea, put the washed iron pot on the fire, hold 2 ~ 3 kilograms of water, and add 50 ~ 80 grams of broken brick tea when the water just boils. When the water boils again for 5 minutes, add milk, the amount of milk is about one fifth of that of water, stir it a little, and then add a proper amount of salt. When the whole pot of salty milk tea begins to boil, put a small amount of fried rice in it, then boil it and put it in a bowl.

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, which is one of them; It's cold in winter and dry and hot in summer. Drinking a lot of milk tea in winter can quickly drive away cold, and in summer it can drive away heat and quench thirst, which is the second; Third, the pastoral area is vast and sparsely populated, and the distance between settlements is far away. It's not easy to find a drink when you are thirsty. Drinking enough milk tea before leaving home and eating some dry food on the way can endure thirst and hunger for a long time.

The raw materials of milk tea are tea and milk or goat milk. The general practice of milk tea is: first mash the brick tea, put it into a copper pot or kettle, add fresh milk after the tea leaves are boiled, and scoop the tea leaves with a spoon until the tea leaves and milk are fully integrated, remove the tea leaves and add salt. However, some people don't add salt, just put salt around and add salt according to everyone's taste. Xinjiang milk tea is not as salty as ordinary milk tea, so everyone likes it differently.

bubble tea

In the popular bubble tea in Taiwan Province Province, rice balls are added to milk tea. The cooked rice balls are black and crystal clear, so they are named after "Pearl". In addition, you can add various ingredients according to your own preferences to make different tastes. Traditional English milk tea is mainly tea, with only a small amount of strong milk. The cup is very small and is usually drunk at breakfast, afternoon tea or after-dinner chat.

India milk tea

Milk tea is called Chai in Hindi, which is pronounced from Guangdong tea. According to the classification of China tea, it belongs to fermented black tea. Different from traditional black tea in China, the tea leaves are chopped during processing, and milk and sugar are added when drinking. Milk tea itself has its own distinction: the expensive one is called Ma Sala Chai.