Hong Kong 2023 - Intangible Cultural Heritage: Hong Kong Style Milk Tea Making Technique

Date of Issued: 25 July 2023

Intangible Cultural Heritage – Hong Kong-style Milk Tea Making Technique

Hong Kong-style Milk Tea Making Technique was inscribed onto the first Representative List of the Intangible Cultural He ritage of Hong Kong in 2017. Hong Kong-style milk tea is a much -loved beverage among the Hong Kong locals. It is also known as “silk -stocking milk tea” because the white cloth bag used to filter out tiny tea leaves was stained with the colour of tea and tu rned brown after being used repeatedly, resembling a silk stocking. Hong Kong -style milk tea is the outcome of a century -old evolution from English milk tea, which takes a few steps to make, such as blending tea leaves, boiling the tea, infusing the tea, force -pouring the tea, force -pouring the milk, etc. The tea -making technique does not only epitomise the fusion and development of Hong Kong's East-meets-West food culture, but also gives a glimpse of how locals live and eat. Hongkong Post issues a set of s pecial stamps on the theme of “Hong Kong-style Milk Tea Making Technique” to promote this intangible cultural heritage of Hong Kong, in the hope that this traditional craftmanship can pass down the generations.