Hong Kong-style milk tea is the soul of Hong Kong people's afternoon tea, and many Hong Kong people like to refresh with a cup of Hong Kong-style milk tea in the afternoon, which is a cultural symbol with local characteristics in Hong Kong. Its origin is that the British introduced Hong Kong during the colonial period.
The birth of "Hong Kong-style milk tea" is the practice of Hong Kong people to resist British colonial rule, from the high-level "British milk tea", to discover the local characteristics, regardless of class "Hong Kong-style milk tea", in the process of its gradual popularization to complete the cultural identity self-construction.
Hong Kong-style milk tea is concocted by mixing tea leaves, potting tea, bumping tea, baking tea, and bumping milk. The materials, portions and techniques used by each brewing master are also different, so there is no unified standard. However, a successful cup of Hong Kong-style milk tea needs to be fragrant, strong and smooth.
The Hong Kong-style milk tea making technique reflects the fusion and development of Chinese and Western food culture in Hong Kong, as well as the life and diet of local citizens, so it was included in the first batch of Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative List in 2017.