my favorite tea is Hong Kong style milk tea, or what they sometimes call silk stocking tea [because they pour it through a muslin strainer that eventually takes on the color of a stocking from the tea].
this drink is rare in the Philippines, so every time i have a chance to drink it, i do.
Hmmm, don't know the situation in the Philippines, but in Singapore there are a variety of interpretations...
if you go to your hawker-style "Kopitiam" A Chinese style shop and ask for s teh-susu (teh=milk; susu= milk) you get a strongly brewed tea with condensed milk. A throwback of our British-Colonial days. Although Chinese in style, the words are aactually Malay.
However if you go to a "Prata Shop" or one that sells Indian style breads (oooh yummy!) You get Teh-tarik, which is "pulled" tea also made with condensed milk, but they do a really nice version, Teh-Halia...which is Ginger-tea. The tea is actually brewed with water that has had ginger boling in it and is a wonderful pick me up (also for future reference...good for keeping nausea at bay when one is in the baby-way) also comes with the condensed milk.
Only at a "western style" cafe place would you ever get "real milk" and nowadays some places scrimp on the milk and give you creamer...which is ugh!
I don't actually know HK style milk tea, but the Taiwanese tea-shops here do milk (evaporated milk usually) tea here, stirred into the tea about one-sixth of the total serving. More or less. They are popular served cold with coloured translucent pearls made from sago-flour. These shops also serve peanut-tea which is nice. Has a taste similar to Horlicks.
Tea with condensed milk does sound very like a product of colonialism. I wonder if chai comes from the same root?
It is fascinating to hear about all the different kinds of tea shops - all the descriptions just make my mouth water. Tea with creamer though, ugh. Somehow condensed milk and evap are far more acceptable.
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Date: 2007-04-29 04:19 am (UTC)my favorite tea is Hong Kong style milk tea, or what they sometimes call silk stocking tea [because they pour it through a muslin strainer that eventually takes on the color of a stocking from the tea].
this drink is rare in the Philippines, so every time i have a chance to drink it, i do.
hurrah for milk tea ^^
*offers you a cup*
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Date: 2007-04-30 12:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-30 02:12 pm (UTC)if you go to your hawker-style "Kopitiam" A Chinese style shop and ask for s teh-susu (teh=milk; susu= milk) you get a strongly brewed tea with condensed milk. A throwback of our British-Colonial days. Although Chinese in style, the words are aactually Malay.
However if you go to a "Prata Shop" or one that sells Indian style breads (oooh yummy!) You get Teh-tarik, which is "pulled" tea also made with condensed milk, but they do a really nice version, Teh-Halia...which is Ginger-tea. The tea is actually brewed with water that has had ginger boling in it and is a wonderful pick me up (also for future reference...good for keeping nausea at bay when one is in the baby-way) also comes with the condensed milk.
Only at a "western style" cafe place would you ever get "real milk" and nowadays some places scrimp on the milk and give you creamer...which is ugh!
I don't actually know HK style milk tea, but the Taiwanese tea-shops here do milk (evaporated milk usually) tea here, stirred into the tea about one-sixth of the total serving. More or less. They are popular served cold with coloured translucent pearls made from sago-flour. These shops also serve peanut-tea which is nice. Has a taste similar to Horlicks.
I'm sorry...did I mention tea addict!
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Date: 2007-05-02 01:21 pm (UTC)It is fascinating to hear about all the different kinds of tea shops - all the descriptions just make my mouth water. Tea with creamer though, ugh. Somehow condensed milk and evap are far more acceptable.