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Burmese Milk Tea (Lahpet Yay Gyan)
Burmese · easy · serves 4
prep 5 min · cook 10 min
~112 cal · 4g protein · 16g carbs · 4g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Cup of frothy tan Burmese milk tea
🇲🇲 Yangon
The teahouse is Myanmar's living room, and Burmese milk tea — lahpet yay gyan — is its centerpiece. Strong tea is blended with both sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, then pulled to a froth and served in varying strengths, from sweet and creamy to strong and bitter, over hours of talk and gossip.
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Ingredients
Serves 4 —
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4 tbsp strong black tea
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3 cups water
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1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
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1/3 cup evaporated milk
Instructions
1
Steep the black tea in the just-boiled water for 5 minutes until very strong, then strain.
2
Stir the condensed milk into the hot tea until fully dissolved.
3
Add the evaporated milk and adjust to the strength and sweetness you like.
4
Pull the tea between two jugs a few times to froth it, then pour and serve hot.
Burmese teahouse tradition, Yangon.
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🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
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Yangon. Mohinga steam over every street corner at dawn.
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Myanmar. Where the national dish is breakfast noodle soup.
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Asia. From street-cart woks to slow monastery kitchens.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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