Milk Tea - Classic or Dud?

"Traditionally, Milk Tea refers to the English style but when it comes to Hong Kong, a new style evolved. English style Milk Tea uses natural strength tea with fresh milk. In contrast, Hong Kong style uses extra extra extra strong tea and with eveporated milk or condensed milk. This makes the Hong Kong style Milk Tea with a distinctive strong, thick flavour."

but you have to see it on the linked page for the total font effect.

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Trayce, nai tsa/milk tea is a thin tea with milk in it and lots of sugar so it's fairly but not too sweet.

LA prob. has the best, since all Chinese/Taiwan things outside of Asia are better there than here.

I can see the appeal of tea with sweetened condensed milk, but I'd find it a bit too sweet.

"Milk Tea" is a term that cannot be found elsewhere in the world except Hong Kong (as that is grammatically incorrect), however everyone knows it by heart. Nowadays "Milk Tea" has become a tourist favorite that is actively sought out by visitors to Hong Kong. We can even find the term "Hong Kong Style Milk Tea" in Taiwan, ShangShai and Beijing.

Tea is a Chinese traditional drink, but it eventually comes to this kind of style and an important part of the Hong Kong culture.

"Milk Tea" is different from both Chinese and British Tea. It is made of black tea (mixed with other types of tea), evaporated milk, and sugar. The tea is brewed very strongly. One of the key characteristics of "Milk Tea" is that it uses a silk-cotton bag to filter the tea leaves. The shape and the color of the filtering bag looks exactly the same as a silk sock, so it is also known as "Silk Sock Milk Tea". The "silk sock" is reputed to make the tea smoother.

Hong Kong Style hot "Milk Tea" is always served in a wide china cup or glass. The wide glass makes you open your mouth wider and as a result a breath of air comes with the tea. This makes the Milk Tea taste even stronger. In old days you can find "traditional" (but in actuality only a 20-year history) "Hong Kong Milk Tea" everywhere, but it is now mostly only found in old areas like Kowloon City.

LOL! Classic.

I am now addicted to (my own version) of milk tea - solely because of this thread/ I'm drinking one now! I have no idea if what I'm making is authentic, but I'm just following the descption above - strong strong strong, with condensed milk.

I need a wider cup though, to pry open them jaws a little more, get the gust of wind happening. Get me snorting like an antelope.

i'll take the hot stuff any day of the week (unless that day is a warm day whereupon i'll settle for the cold bubble stuff).

Then one day, someone gave me it with milk in. "Should you?" I thought, then tried it. Now, the tea I drink is 75% earl grey, 25% normal breakfast tea. Not at the same time, nurrr.

the best brand for chinese drinks is probably Vita. they do the most refreshing lemon tea, which you can buy in cartons from chinese supermarkets. also cool is their soy drink- sooo much tastier than the soy milk british co.s. make.