Why is milk tea in Hong Kong called "silk stockings"?

British black tea culture is a source of tea culture in Hong Kong. The British ruled Hong Kong for nearly a hundred years and brought their habit of drinking black tea to Hong Kong.

In high society and high-end hotels, afternoon tea is a very popular activity. Driven by afternoon tea, western snacks are becoming more and more exquisite.

Tea culture in Hong Kong is a pragmatic and practical culture. When the mainland is still shouting that tea is a national drink and encouraging tea consumption, Hong Kong people have turned tea into life itself.

In Hong Kong, eating breakfast is usually called drinking morning tea. The most traditional morning tea is a cup of two pieces, influenced by Cantonese morning tea, that is, a pot of tea and two pieces of snacks. There are Lu Yu Tea Room, Lianxianglou and other time-honored restaurants in Hong Kong.

Among them, silk stockings milk tea has become a symbol of Hong Kong culture, and silk stockings milk tea is often mentioned in the dialogues of characters in many Hong Kong films.

Silk stockings milk tea is synonymous with authentic mellow. Lin, the founder of lan fong yuen, a time-honored brand in Central, who invented silk stockings milk tea, now sells more than 1000 cups of milk tea every day, and even the directors of the industrial, commercial and technological bureau in Thailand and Hong Kong are his perennial guests.

However, the 8 1 year-old "father of silk stockings milk tea" has never used silk stockings to make tea. "When lan fong yuen opened, stockings were not popular in Hongkong!"

Lin, who came to work in Hong Kong in his 60s, opened a lan fong yuen food stall with his wife and a man in Linton Street 1952, Central. At that time, the food stalls always attracted nearby dockers every afternoon. "When the workers saw me making tea with a bag, they felt very enjoyable.

When they saw the brown color of the tea bag, they thought it was stockings, and then they shouted "a cup of milk tea with stockings" every time. Lin explained the origin of silk stockings milk tea.

Milk tea is a kind of tea with Hong Kong characteristics, and it is a common drink in afternoon tea (and breakfast) in Hong Kong. Basically, the milk tea served by Hong Kong tea restaurants is "Old Street Milk Tea" from17th century Hong Kong.

Many people focus on the "silk stockings tea bag", but the tea inside is the hidden mystery. Make silk stockings milk tea, pay attention to the choice of black tea.

But the flavor and taste of black tea in different places are completely different. For example, Indian black tea is the strongest, Ceylon black tea is the most fragrant, African black tea soup is bright, and China black tea tastes sweet. According to Lin, the boss of lan fong yuen, his milk tea with stockings is made of five kinds of tea. As for how to match, there is no comment.

There is also the exquisite technology of making milk tea with stockings. After the tea leaves are cooked, pick up the tea bag and filter the tea leaves. This process seems simple, but it has to be repeated about eight times.

Only in this way can the aroma of tea be fully stimulated. A cup of milk tea with stockings takes about 20 minutes. No wonder there is always a long queue at the gate of lan fong yuen.

As for the taste, different people have different opinions.