Kazakh traditional milk-based tea holds a special place among people in Chinese Xinjiang province, which traditionally has a large population of Kazakhs, according to the video broadcasted on the Central People’s Radio, reported Kazinform news agency.
The one thing that Kazakhs could beat the Chinese at is preparing the perfect tea, or shai, as Kazakhs call it.
The video shows Kazakh tea being served in a teahouse in a Chinese town. According to a waitress, the teahouse is always full of customers from morning to night. Various nationalities frequently stand outside the Kazakh teahouse, and some interested tourists come just to have the Kazakh tea and bauyrsak (puffy fried bread), she said.
“We prepare 2,000 servings of tea a day, using 40-50 liters of milk. We also serve traditional Kazakh food such as bauyrsak, zhent (sweet food made of wheat and dairy), butter and others,” she added…