Originally produced in China, tea traveled along the ancient Silk Road to India and began its evolution over thousands of years in countries around the world.

Milk tea began in the early 17th century on Slate Street in Hong Kong (Slate Street used to be known as "The First Street of the Governor". In 1680, the Duchess of York introduced fashionable Dutch tea with milk and sugar to England. Tea became popular in the UK and was particularly popular with the British royalty, and became a drink available mainly to the British royalty.

Hong Kong-style milk tea was once popular and unique to Hong Kong, also known as "Hong Kong style milk tea, English style milk tea, Hong Kong Old Street milk tea", etc., English: Hong Kong Street milk tea, tea tastes heavy on the bitter side, the taste is smooth and mellow thick as a characteristic.

The production method is more complex than that of mainland milk tea, with the process of tea bumping (tea pulling) to ensure that the tea leaves are retained in the milk tea. The English drink tea from China, but the way they drink it is unique, they like to add sugar and milk, or lemon slices to drink with it, and Hong Kong milk tea is later called British milk tea.

As the trend for milk tea changed, people took to adding fresh milk, sugar, chocolate sauce, honey, and cinnamon to black tea, resulting in a variety of flavors that were very popular with the British and Hong Kong people.

It is said that when Princess Katharine's tea was first introduced to Britain, black tea was still drunk in the same way as the Chinese, but by the 18th century, as the British Empire developed, milk tea had become the mainstream of the British way of drinking tea.

On the basis of the "Hong Kong Old Street" milk tea, there is another type of tea called "silk stocking milk tea", mostly known as "Hong Kong style milk tea" in mainland China, which is made of black tea mixed with thick fresh milk and sugar, with milk It can be served hot or frozen. Hong Kong Old Street Milk Tea is called "English Milk Tea" and is a premium drink.

Unlike the English style "Hong Kong style milk tea", Hong Kong style milk tea is a popular drink for the general public and the lower class, usually consumed at breakfast or afternoon tea, or even at lunch or dinner if you go out for a meal.

Now let's learn how to make an authentic Hong Kong-style milk tea

Ingredients

Black tea powder

Tempered milk

Sugar

Step 1: Boil the water, add the black tea powder, and cook for 6 to 8 minutes.

Step 2: Strain through a gauze cloth.

Step 3: Add the sugar and stir.

Step 4: Add the light milk, the ratio of tea to milk is 2 to 1.