Hong Kong-style Milk Tea
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Title
Hong Kong-style Milk Tea
Subject
Food & Drink in Dai Pai Dong
Description
It is a tea drink made from black tea, evaporated milk, and sugar.
Source
Food Stall, Dai Pai Dongs
Date
Hong Kong-style milk tea originates from British colonial rule over Hong Kong.
Contributor
Ingredients : milk, British tea
Relation
Dai Pai Dongs in Hong Kong
Format
Taste: Sweet and a bit bitter
Colour: Milky
Texture: creamy
criterion: smooth
price: HKD$12–16
Colour: Milky
Texture: creamy
criterion: smooth
price: HKD$12–16
Language
Cantonese
Type
Edible
Alternative Title
大排檔奶茶
絲襪奶茶
冰鎮奶茶
silk stocking milk tea
Abstract
"silk stocking milk tea" which originates from the appearance of the sackcloth tea leaf filter bag. In the 1950s, the main customers thought that the sackcloth looked like pantyhose.
Audience
Frequent Customers in the past
The New Generation
Tourists
Culture-related Researchers
Instructional Method
The key feature of Hong Kong-style milk tea is that a sackcloth bag is used to filter the tea leaves.The bag, reputed to make the tea smoother, gradually develops an intense brown colour as a result of prolonged tea drenching.
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Reference
Hong Kong-style Milk Tea, Hong Kong-style milk tea originates from British colonial rule over Hong Kong.