The first cup of milk tea appeared in Tibet. Around the Tang Dynasty, tea spread to the west. On the way, I met a nomadic people who love to drink milk. They extracted ghee from salt and milk and boiled it with tea to develop milk tea v 1.0. Yes, the earliest milk tea was salty, which was a great victory of China Salty Party.

Tea went all the way to Europe, and it ushered in another evolution. Unlike us, Europeans could not understand the bitterness and sweetness of tea. Sugar and milk were added, and thus, sweet milk tea was born. By the way, in Europe in the 17 and 18 centuries, tea and sugar were both accessories of luxury goods. Now it is common to go shopping with milk tea, but that.

Milk tea evolutionism

According to foreign data, the earliest recorded milk tea is the residents of Himalayan region in India, and they also have the habit of drinking milk tea in China, Tibet and Xinjiang. Tea from Bhutan, Sikkim and Nepal in Indian Himalayan region mainly comes from Sri Lanka, while tea from China mainly comes from Yunnan, Anhui and Fujian.

India is recognized as the birthplace of milk tea, but even in India, the tea-making techniques in the north and south are different. The south likes to use "pull" tea, while the north likes to use "boiled" tea. India's famous "Ma Sala Tea" comes from southern India. Indian milk tea is made of many spices, such as cinnamon, clove, ginger and pepper, so it has a particularly strong spicy taste.

After being brought to China by colonial countries such as Britain, France and Holland, it was improved, spices were removed and local characteristics were added. For example, countries with excellent milk quality, such as the Netherlands, have mixed high-quality fresh milk into milk tea, which can greatly alleviate the bitterness in tea. Milk-rich tea was quickly accepted by European countries, forming milk tea with European characteristics.

Taiwan Province province became a Dutch colony from 1624 to 1662. The Dutch sold tea in Taiwan Province Province and brought milk tea to Taiwan Province Province, which became the initial prototype of milk tea in Taiwan Province Province.

Later, during the 50 years of Japanese colonial rule from 65438 to 0895, tea varieties. Assam was introduced into India, and the technology of frying and steaming green tea (tea) was introduced into Japan, which provided rich tea varieties and inexhaustible tea resources for the rise of milk tea in Taiwan Province Province in the future.