Mongolian · drink
Mongolian Milk Tea (Suutei Tsai)
奶茶 · Nǎichá
Black tea with milk, salt and often roasted millet floating in it. The universal Mongolian beverage.
Mongolian milk tea is salty, not sweet — black tea brewed strongly, then mixed with cow or mare's milk and salt. Often served with roasted millet floating in the cup, or with small chunks of dried curd cheese. The Inner Mongolian version differs from the Tibetan butter tea in using cow milk and salt rather than yak butter. Drunk throughout the day in pastoral households.
Where to try
Inner Mongolia. Mongolian restaurants in Beijing.
Dietary notes
Dairy.
Cities to try Mongolian Milk Tea (Suutei Tsai)
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