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Re:Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease by eru on Monday March 25, 2013 @10:42PM (#5441083)
> Adding milk is more of a Western thing ;)

> There are some Sri Lankans who do that due to the British influence and I imagine in India as well, but that's not the case with most of the tea cultures.

I wonder where the Mongolians got their milk-tea from. Probably not from the British.

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Re:Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease by eksith on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @04:44AM (#5441934)
You mean Suutei tsai. It's actually more of a soup than just tea. And milk is just one available ingredient :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suutei_tsai

An old tradition among many Mongols was to not drink water straight. This could have been a result of the Mongols’ belief that water was sacred. It could also have come from the need to conserve water

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Re:Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease by eru on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @05:56AM (#5442154)
Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks! And indeed, it's closer to a soup. It takes a while getting used to.
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