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Dai-pai-dong is a Hong Kong style milk tea which is made of black tea sweetened with evaporated milk. It is often part of an afternoon meal in the Hong Kong tea culture. The milk tea is similar to that of the tea drunk in Britain except of the evaporated or condensed milk used.

Its key feature is the sackcloth bag which is used to filter the tea leaves. The bag helps the tea to develop an intense brown color as a result of the long tea drenching. The milk tea can be considered good when it has great smoothness—creamy and full-bodied. The appearance of the white substance hanging on the internal surface of the cup is also an indication that the milk tea is done well.

There are already a lot of variations in the preparation of the milk tea today. Some would put ice on it and some would place hot milk over the preparation of the ingredients.

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