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Hong Kong Milk Tea

Also known as Hong Kong-style Milk Tea, Silk Stocking Milk Tea

Black tea · Tea drink · Hong Kong

Strong Ceylon black tea with evaporated or condensed milk. Local diners created it in the mid-20th century as an affordable take on British afternoon tea; the cloth brewing bag earned it the name silk stocking. Hong Kong lists the method as intangible cultural heritage.

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