Therefore, brick tea has gradually occupied an important position in the lives of Mongolian people. I don't drink for a day, I feel guilty and dizzy, my diet is not fragrant, and I can't sleep at night. Legend has it that during Genghis Khan's period, Mongolian soldiers did not need to bring more food and grass to the war. With brick tea, they have food and grass.
Brick tea is an indispensable drink for herdsmen. Drinking salty milk tea boiled with brick tea is a traditional Mongolian tea drinking custom. In pastoral areas, people are used to "three teas and one meal a day".
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Every morning, the first thing a housewife does is to cook a pot of salty milk tea for the whole family to enjoy all day.
Mongolians like to drink hot tea. In the morning, they eat fried rice while drinking tea, and warm the remaining tea with a small fire for drinking at any time. Usually, a family only eats grass at night before going home to have a formal meal, but it is generally necessary to drink salty milk tea three times in the morning, noon and evening.
If you want to have guests at home, the hospitable host will pour delicious milk tea first to show a sincere welcome to the guests. It is considered the most impolite behavior on the grassland for guests to come home without pouring tea.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Mongolia milk tea