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One of the teas I like is Khalmg style tea.
To prepare it You need the best a special tea prepared specially for it(gree tea does it also but doesn't have the really nice dark colour and specific aroma of Khalmg tea!
This is the tea used for Khalmg tea(it is pressed in big blocks and in difference to other teas contains not only leafs but stems of the teaplant):
To prepare it fist You need to cut of and pick in pieces a part of the block(that is quiet a difficult job, the block is very hard and you can even break a knife when the block resists You....
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To prepare the Khalmg tea in the very traditional way, no water is used(however today some use water in reduced quantities to make the boiling time less and to use les milk) - that is because Khalmg people lived in the dessert where water isn't available, so mostly they used milk as their main drink.
To prepare it you should put milk on fire already with the tea in it(never make the milk boiling with tea). Be carefull to watch when the milk boils reduce the flame and let the tea boil untill the colour turns into a "brown-violet".
For Khalmg people tea is a strict tradition with many rules, that aim to bind belief and daily life.
To make the taste better some Khalmgs add dried stems of the Zhuzgun plant:
And dry leafs of the Mongoltea plant:
When the tea has the right colour A piece of butter and s teaspoon of Salt are added, all is mixed in a king of Foamy, milky pastel violet tea,, filtered by a tea can.
Khalmyg tea is a salty tea - that may sound strange, but when You try it you will love its taste, it is the best thing to keep away from hunger and cold in the windy dessert winters.
Khalmgs drink their tea out of traditional cups:
To prepare it You need the best a special tea prepared specially for it(gree tea does it also but doesn't have the really nice dark colour and specific aroma of Khalmg tea!
This is the tea used for Khalmg tea(it is pressed in big blocks and in difference to other teas contains not only leafs but stems of the teaplant):
To prepare it fist You need to cut of and pick in pieces a part of the block(that is quiet a difficult job, the block is very hard and you can even break a knife when the block resists You....
):To prepare the Khalmg tea in the very traditional way, no water is used(however today some use water in reduced quantities to make the boiling time less and to use les milk) - that is because Khalmg people lived in the dessert where water isn't available, so mostly they used milk as their main drink.
To prepare it you should put milk on fire already with the tea in it(never make the milk boiling with tea). Be carefull to watch when the milk boils reduce the flame and let the tea boil untill the colour turns into a "brown-violet".
For Khalmg people tea is a strict tradition with many rules, that aim to bind belief and daily life.
To make the taste better some Khalmgs add dried stems of the Zhuzgun plant:
And dry leafs of the Mongoltea plant:
When the tea has the right colour A piece of butter and s teaspoon of Salt are added, all is mixed in a king of Foamy, milky pastel violet tea,, filtered by a tea can.
Khalmyg tea is a salty tea - that may sound strange, but when You try it you will love its taste, it is the best thing to keep away from hunger and cold in the windy dessert winters.
Khalmgs drink their tea out of traditional cups:
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