Talk:Butter tea

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It is the most disgusting drink I've ever tasted. Please try it only if you want a bad taste in your mouth. I had to have lemon tea over it to mask the bad taste. It does not taste like tea, nor does it have much a butter flavour. I guess you'd have to get used to it to enjoy it. User:Nichalp/sg 15:12, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Very encyclopedic. —Hollow Wilerding 02:44, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

No really, he's right. - Nat Krause^(Talk!) 05:40, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm assuming that it is intended for very cold areas, rather than for actual taste. It must be a welcomed quick relief from the cold weather. Would the butter and such make it retain heat longer or something? Or is that for energy/flavor? --Keithg 08:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hanzi

Can we get the Chinese characters for the two Asian (presumably Chinese) names of this beverage? And can we also get the various local names in Tibetan and other languages of people who drink it? Badagnani 09:21, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Taste of Tibetan butter tea

Many foreigners find the taste of Tibetan butter tea not to their liking. In fact, it varies considerably in taste and novices may find it better to approach it as a soup rather than as a "tea."

I suggest that some of the reasons for the unusual taste include the use of yak butter and, sometimes, this is not very fresh. However, this does not affect its value as good nourishment unless it is really rancid. Partly, also, like many drinks (think of beer, or whiskey for example), it is an acquired taste. Drinking it regularly is not only healthy, one soon starts to look forward to the next "tea break".

Tibetan butter tea is is a really good and healthy drink for people living at high altitudes as the butter provides lots of energy (or calories - 9 calories per gram, compared with only 4 per gram for straight sugar). It is particularly important for one's body to have plenty of energy when at high altitudes - not only because the temperatures are usually low, and the body needs to keep warm, but any activity at high altitude requires more energy than at low altitudes. Salt replacement is also important. Mixed with tsampa (barley flour) it can provide enough food value to keep a person going for days.

Finally, one of its great merits is that the water must be boiled which tends to kill off any germs if the local water is contaminated. Even though water boils at a lower temperature at high altitudes, it is usually hot enough to kill any unwanted bugs. John Hill 00:11, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marijuana Used?

I heard it from someone that Marijuana is added into the tea in very small amounts. Is that true? Arbiteroftruth 07:17, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Maybe it is by some people - and maybe not always in small amounts! However, I have never seen it used in the preparation of tea or added to it later and I am sure that it is not allowed to be used in monasteries and nunneries - as monks and nuns are not supposed to take intoxicants. John Hill 05:30, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

This is half true. Well, it's true as far as when some people make it, they use marijuana due to the high fat content of the mixture, as THC is fat soluable, meaning it won't mix with the water, so normal tea won't work for them (Got this from erowid, so the information might be wrong. I don't do drugs, so I don't know personally). However, John Hill is right too, it is not used by the monks as it is forbidden. I don't think this belongs in the article though. Oneoverzero 18:48, 18 July 2007 (UTC)