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Yak-Butter Tea
SANDY KELLY / LONELY PLANET ©
Some people prefer to call it 'soup', others liken it to brewed socks and sump oil.
However you describe it, your first mouthful of yak-butter tea (
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) is the
signal that you have finally reached Tibet. Our favourite thing about the Tibetan
national drink is the view from the rim: a monk's quarters, a herder's yak-hair tent
or a teahouse full of card-playing Tibetan cowboys. Definitely our cup of tea…
