Is there a difference between milk tea and tea?

1, different historical origins

Milk tea: Milk tea was originally a daily drink of nomadic people in northern China, with a history of at least 1000 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.

Tea: China has a long history of drinking tea. It is impossible to verify the exact date, but there is a story about the approximate age. We can also find evidence that the habit of drinking tea in many parts of the world was handed down from China.

Therefore, many people think that drinking tea was initiated by China people, and the habit of drinking and growing tea in other parts of the world was passed down directly or indirectly from China.

2. Different roles

Milk tea: In Tibetan pastoral areas, herders make milk tea with natural milk and tea. Milk is rich in protein, fat and other advanced nutrients. Milk tea made of natural milk and black tea can get rid of greasy, help digestion and refresh the mind.

Tea: Tea polyphenol is the most soluble component in tea, and it is also the most important substance for tea to play its health care function. The most typical representative is catechin (phenol), which has many functions, such as antioxidation (scavenging oxygen free radicals), anti-inflammation, reducing the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, preventing cancer, lowering blood fat, reducing body fat formation, resisting bacteria, changing the ecology of intestinal flora and so on.

3, the main raw materials are different

Milk tea: milk, tea, saccharin (sweet mouth) and salt (salty mouth)

Tea: The main raw material of tea is tea.

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