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Adding milk is more of a Western thing ;) There are some Sri Lankans who do that due to the British influence and I imagine in India as well, but that's not th
by eksith 14y ago
Adding milk is more of a Western thing ;)
There are some Sri Lankans who do that due to the British influence and I imagine in India as well, but that's not the case with most of the tea cultures.
Also, if you're doing this for health reasons, I strongly recommend avoiding milk and switching to green tea instead:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/09/27/161895873/health-benefits-of-tea-milking-it-or-not http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/09/27/161895873/health...
- eru 14y ago> Adding milk is more of a Western thing ;) > There are some Sri Lankans who do that due to the British influence and I imagine in India as well, but that's not the case with most of the tea cultures. I wonder where the Mongolians got their milk-tea from. Probably not from the British.
- eksith 14y agoYou mean Suutei tsai. It's actually more of a soup than just tea. And milk is just one available ingredient : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suutei_tsai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suutei_tsai An old tradition among many Mongols was to not drink water straight. This could have been a result of the Mongols’ belief that water was sacred. It could also have come from the need to conserve water
- eru 14y agoYes, that's what I meant. Thanks! And indeed, it's closer to a soup. It takes a while getting used to.