silk stocking milk tea

Silk stocking milk tea, aka Hong Kong style tea is most common kind of tea for afternoon tea (and breakfast) in Hong Kong. In the British colonial period of Hong Kong, the British habit of  "afternoon tea"  has also been brought to Hong Kong. British drink their tea with milk and sugar, which has become the basic Hong Kong tea. The main feature of Hong Kong-style milk tea is a sackcloth bag is used to filter the tea leaves to make the tea smoother. The sackcloth bag looks like women's stocking, therefore it was given the nickname "silk stocking milk tea". Comparing to the regular milk tea we can get on the island, Hong Kong style milk tea has more flavor of tea and taste stronger. Also you can adjust the syrup added to the milk tea to match up your own taste.  Here is a picture of the "silk stocking" filter.