<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Tibetan tea culture</h1>
Tibet is a remote region in western China, and because it is the highest place in the world, it has a unique geographical environment. Different humanistic histories have been created, and after years of historical changes, Tibet has slowly formed the current Tibetan culture. Each culture has its own traditional cuisine, and Tibetans must mention butter tea, because butter tea is not only a well-known Tibetan food, but also a daily diet that Tibetans must eat for three meals.
Usually every day in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries starts with butter tea, and once in the morning and once in the evening, and tibetans warmly entertain guests and will hold out their freshly made butter tea as a sign of respect.
We have appeared in many movies with butter tea. For example, in the "Kailash" in the first two years, there are many scenes of Tibetans drinking butter tea every day. During the pilgrimage journey, butter tea can be said to be the best source of physical energy, and it is also a good drink that can be easily carried and easily made when it comes to The Tibetan name. He will continue throughout the tibetan people's entire life journey.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > bowl for butter tea</h1>
The wooden bowl with a special treatment and paint on the surface is the tea bowl used to drink butter tea every day. Its shape is wide on top and narrow on the bottom, and the mouth is wide and shallow in depth. Usually in Tibet, Tibetan compatriots have the habit of carrying tea bowls in their Tibetan clothes, so they prefer light and sturdy wooden bowls. In fact, this is the wisdom born of the Tibetan ancestors in the nomadic life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > tea bricks</h1>
For the use of butter tea, the basic source is the domestic solid tea, which is what we usually call (brick tea). The Tibetan name is affectionately called brick tea "Hencha" and "Kuracha" (Tibet = Xizang), in ancient Times, many Tibetan teas, are brick teas from Yunnan, after the arduous journey of the Tea Horse Ancient Road, in order to reach the hands of Tibetan compatriots. In fact, in addition to Yunnan, there are many brick teas in Hunan, Sichuan and other places that are also sold to Tibet. And these teas, all have the characteristics of long-term storage, and slowly develop, forming a new tea species, that is, side tea.
How to make butter tea
Butter tea is the ingredient inside. First of all, there must be ghee. Tibetans first poured the milk into slender wooden barrels, shook the sticks up and down, and then stirred the milk thoroughly. Separate the oil and water (buttermilk) using the same method as a hand blender to make ghee. Usually handmade ghee, their own family has its own various experiences, but everyone's operating principle is the same.
The second is to add boiling brick tea, ghee and salt to the container, and it can be completed by continuous stirring by hand. The final butter tea looks similar to milk tea, but the taste may be closer to tea. But it will bring a little salty taste, which is different from sweet milk tea. Because the altitude of most parts of Tibet is basically close to the plateau of 4,000 meters. The human body needs more energy than the central plains at a low altitude. Capable of warming people and being able to digest meat, vitamin-rich butter tea is the most essential thing to fight against the harsh natural environment.
Rice dumplings
In Tibetan cuisine, the best pairing with butter tea is rice dumplings, which is equivalent to our soy milk and fuel strips, and the two are best tasted together. In fact, rice dumplings are a mixture of various nutritional powders, many of which are slowly kneaded into dumplings by hand, adding some butter tea. In the movie "Kailash", everyone should see it at the beginning. Usually Tibetans will bring a covered lacquered wooden bowl out, so that they can drink both soup and eat rice dumplings, which is very practical.
Butter teapot
Speaking of which, let's talk about the more expensive butter teapot, because butter tea is also a favorite delicacy of the Mongolian royal nobles and Tibetan high priests, who often drink butter tea at banquets. Then to distinguish it from ordinary people, it is necessary to have a noble and gorgeous butter teapot.
Qingqianlong silver milk teapot
The teapot has a round belly, a dragon body handle, a beast swallowing stream, and a lid. The whole body is a silver carcass with an engraved pattern. The lid and button are made of miscellaneous treasure patterns and lotus petal patterns. The pot is silver-white, solemn and atmospheric, and is a tool for brewing butter tea when the Qianlong Emperor held the "Feast of a Thousand Sorrows".
However, due to the lack of understanding of butter tea, the collection of butter tea tea sets is actually mainly shared among small circles, and has not formed a collection system like a purple sand pot, so many ghee production methods have slowly been eliminated by history, replaced by more efficient and better electronic equipment, and teapots have also been replaced by modern and better containers.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > so what about the bowls and tea sets of butter tea have no collectible value? </h1>
As a tea lover, I personally feel that there is still a little value, first of all, the comparative tea bowl has a certain historical and cultural bearing, which can be full of many historical stories. In addition to Tibet, Mongolia, Gannan and other areas, there are many butter tea lovers, especially with the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, tibet and the interior exchanges are becoming more and more frequent. Exquisite butter tea bowl is also a good tourist collection, plus it is relatively easy to preserve and do less fake, is a relatively good collection category, of course, this requires you to be a tea lover, or you take back a bunch, put at home, your wife does not scold you to blame it?
However, due to the lack of information on the Internet, we have not found the relative market price reference of butter teapots and tea bowls, which requires everyone to understand. I hope that more people can pay attention to the history and culture of butter tea sets and devote themselves to research. In the next issue, we will talk about Bhutan's butter tea tea set.
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