Hong Kong Milk Tea

If such a thing as a ‘National Drink’ exists, Hong Kong milk tea would be the most obvious contender for this title. Every cha chaan teng, streetside café and restaurant will have its own milk tea, served either hot or ice-cold and made with evaporated milk or condensed milk as opposed to fresh milk. As the photographer for this book, Kris, remarked, drinking it feels like a hug in a mug. It’s also another classic example of how the post-war food culture that developed in Hong Kong is still