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Hong Kong milk tea · Hong Kong
Hong Kong milk tea, or silk stocking milk tea, is strong Ceylon black tea brewed through a stocking like cotton bag and mixed with evaporated milk; made with condensed milk it is cha jau.
Hong Kong style milk tea grew out of the British afternoon tea of colonial Hong Kong, made affordable by bing sutt and dai pai dong that swapped fresh milk for evaporated milk and brewed a stronger blend through a cotton bag whose tea stains recall silk stockings. Lan Fong Yuen on Gage Street says its owner Lum Muk-ho first made silk stocking milk tea in 1952, a claim that is generally supported. In 2017 the milk tea making technique was declared part of Hong Kong's intangible cultural heritage.
Where to eat in Hong Kong:
- Lan Fong Yuen
- Kam Wah Cafe
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