Composition #2
Melody 00881042
28/12/2011
Milk Tea Time
Milk tea has been a part of daily life in many areas around the world. Different making of milk tea not only provides us with various choices, but more important, a practical access point to understand the cultural differences.
No matter milk tea from what part of the earth, it is simply made from milk and tea, apparently. But the kind of tea used and creative ingredients added separate them from each other.
Pearl milk tea from Taiwan has been introduced to many Asian countries and widely adored by people. The pearl is actually a small ball made from flour. When it's added to average milk tea, you can chew and drink at the same time, which makes milk tea more interesting. Similarly, pudding and coconut can also be put in Taiwanese milk tea.
It is said that an English man would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea, which definitely points out how much afternoon tea means to every English individual. Much different from Taiwanese milk tea sold in numerous drink shops scattered on streets, in a seemingly more exquisite way, English styled milk tea is put is a little cup, enjoyed along with pastry or snacks. It also offers English folks a relaxing time to chat with each other and have a quality time.
HongKong milk tea was developed on the basis of the English one. HongKong people could not get used to the mild flavor of the English one. As a result, they added the percentage of tea to make it into the Hong Kong one we knew today.
These three kinds of milk tea has been tasted, fond of or even kept as a everyday habit by many people around the world. However, much less people know that there are three minorities in the north China who have been making and drinking milk tea since long ago. Mongolians, Kazaks, Kirgizs make milk tea every day on the vast prairie. But the adding of butter made from beef's fat and salt as well as the usage of completely fresh goat's or mare's milk give their tea a totally different taste with the sweet and silky kinds.
I am lucky enough to have already tried all the four kinds of milk tea I have mentioned, and I prefer ones "Made in Taiwan" and "Made in Chinese Prairie". The wonderful thing about Taiwan's milk tea is that you can choose the amount of sugar and ice you want, which shows the social emphasis on individual preference and convenience. And milk tea made on prairie brings you closer to nature. You can hardly bear the simple and rough flavor at the beginning, but gradually, the feeling of having a intimate contact with the wild nature will attract you to drink on and on.
Milk tea is not just a drink. It is a mirror of the tea makers' life. I am expecting to try more kinds of milk tea and understand more kinds of lives.
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