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

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.

Files

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Reference

Hong Kong-style Milk Tea, Hong Kong-style milk tea originates from British colonial rule over Hong Kong.