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Re:Chai Wallahs of India by KGIII on Sunday June 25, 2017 @12:43PM (#14630856)
I don't think it was yak milk. I've had that. I'll be going back. I'll see if I can find out.
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Re:Chai Wallahs of India by vram22 on Sunday June 25, 2017 @03:28PM (#14631702)
Interesting. According to this article, which I just looked up:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_tea

they did originally use yak butter, and still do, but increasingly do use butter made from cow milk, since it is more available now. Maybe you saw a case of that.

Update: Just searched again and found a few more interesting links. Also, they (Tibetans) pour the butter tea into their tsampa, also a staple food among them:

https://www.eater.com/2016/8/25/12624068/butter-coffee-tea-t...

http://www.teafoodhistory.com/tibetan_tea.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/05/05/404435137/tea...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsampa

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Re:Chai Wallahs of India by KGIII on Sunday June 25, 2017 @05:22PM (#14632269)
Nice, thanks for the link. Mine was always just the tea, it was delicious. ;-)
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