Hong Kong is the capital of gourmet food. Due to its unique geographical environment, you can also eat mainstream global food on the small island of Hong Kong, including Chinese, Western, Southeast Asian, and American. In the collision of Chinese and Western food cultures, Chines

Hong Kong is the capital of gourmet food. Due to its unique geographical environment, you can also eat mainstream global food on the small island of Hong Kong, including Chinese, Western, Southeast Asian, and American. In the collision of Chinese and Western food cultures, Chinese and Western fusion food has also emerged. Among them is a drink we are going to introduce today. Silk stockings are well-known for their delicious taste. Not only mainland tourists like to drink them, but also tourists from all over the world who come to Hong Kong and almost everyone has a cup. This is silk stockings milk tea , but can you believe that stocking milk tea has nothing to do with stockings? Why is this?

[The origin of stockings milk tea]

The story begins in the early 1950s. At that time, stockings milk tea was not popular in Hong Kong. Mr. Lin Muhe, the "father of stockings milk tea", and his wife, a worker, opened the store in Baihua Street, Central Lanfang Food Stall, a small food stall, is visited by a large number of dock workers every afternoon, and the process of making milk tea is the most popular time of the day.

When the workers saw Lin Muhe washing the black tea back and forth in a gauze tea bag, they found it very enjoyable. When they saw the tea bags stained with brown color due to years of brewing tea, they thought they were stockings. In the following days, they would shout "Come on" every time. A cup of stockings milk tea. Since then, stockings milk tea has spread among the people. To this day, stockings milk tea has become an indispensable part of Hong Kong’s food culture. When it comes to milk tea, it always has its important status.

【 production method】

The so-called "silk stocking milk tea" is actually to filter out the tea residues with a nylon net first, and then add milk and sugar. In addition to filtering out the tea residues, this filtering step In addition, another important thing is to make the black tea more fragrant and smooth. Later, Mr. Lin used a special white gauze bag. Over time, the color of the white gauze bag became like stockings.

The Ceylon black tea used to make milk tea is also divided into coarse tea and young tea. The masters of the tea restaurant can change the aroma, color and concentration of the milk tea by controlling the amounts of coarse tea and young tea. This is There is a difference between a skilled and experienced chef and an unskilled and inexperienced chef. An experienced chef can accurately create the taste that diners want.

This is why everyone is selling stockings milk tea. The stockings milk tea prepared in some tea restaurants is always better than the ones in the surrounding areas. When business is strong, it is easy to sell 1,000 cups a day. Mainland tourists come and go In the past few decades, the stockings milk tea business has been so good that almost everyone has a cup.

The specific method is actually very simple, that is, boil the Ceylon black tea first, then put it in a nylon net, soak the nylon net into a giant water pot, hook the net on the edge of the water pot with a hook, and simmer the black tea in Boil the tea in the pot for several minutes. This part is called baking tea. Then pour the tea into another pot. The process of going back and forth several times is called tea mixing. Finally, pour it into the teacup where evaporated milk has been placed.

It’s easy to say, but there are many difficulties and details in making it. Just baking tea and brewing tea requires learning, plus controlling the proportion of coarse tea and young tea, it is even more difficult, as is the choice of evaporated milk and sugar. Details, is this why so many people are willing to line up from the street to the end of the street just for the stockings milk tea produced in a certain tea restaurant? Even if the raw materials are the same, the taste will be different in the hands of different masters. This not only requires skills and experience, but also a tea brewing master with craftsmanship. This is one of the reasons why Hong Kong Silk Stocking Milk Tea is famous and has continued to flourish. one.

After reading these introductions, do you have the urge to have a drink? There are still many delicacies in Hong Kong. I will introduce them to you in batches next. It is not easy to create. If today’s content is helpful to you, I hope you will hold up your hands and like and follow to share with your family. The fragrance of roses will linger after giving them to others. , if you like to eat, please leave the word "like" in the comment area, and I will continue to share your favorite food.