You know! They do that with coffee in certain areas too! I had to do that for a coffee tasting once. :)

I also add it to my coffee in the morning! Its surprisingly good and gives it some added richness. As long as you are sure to use unsalted butter, salty coffee and tea are not tasty! (as least not to me!). I figured I would keep this tea focused though. I've tried it in a few types so far, including plain black tea, and powdered matcha tea. The Ultra Chai Tea (which we have reviewed here) has been my favorite so far!

As much as it is beneficial to health, I'd be grossed out to adding butter to my tea. I would rather prefer to add a bit of sugar and a tiny bit of vanilla to mine.

Its worth trying at least once! Just make sure its unsalted butter and you might be surprised at the result :)

Since this is something the Tibetans have been doing for centuries it is not so odd a concept to me. But Then again i thought it kind of weird when i learned of it at 13. I want to try it is sometime.

I had heard of it before as well, it had just never dawned on me to try it personally!

I think i am going to try to make some Tibetan butter tea after Christmas. If you want to try here is a Video that will tell you how to make it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za9sqEXC090

Thanks for the link! I will add it to the main post :)

You are most welcome.

I have not tried it, but I am a sucker for cremé.

I add a bit of butter and a splash of cream to my morning brew, rich and delicious <3 Pretty close to being cremé at that point, I don't have a good source to get that myself though :<

Thanks for the suggestion. I think I'll try it tomorrow morning!

My first encounter with butter in tea was when I had a chai tea back when I was about eight. Where I used to live, had a tea house that was run by an elderly Tibetan Buddhist, latter I had it in a.. herbal mix. Was trying to recall what it was, but I remember it being very thick and rich in taste, it also had a very unusual color to it.

Reading this actually reminded me I haven't had it since I was eleven..o.0;;;

Must try again now that I am older ^.^

lol! As if we weren't eating unhealthy enough already! X3

Butter is full of healthy fats that can be fantastic for you if had in moderation and as part of a well planned diet (like I have to do). As long as you aren't chugging down multiple glasses a day, it wont do any harm!

aw man. im gonna have to try that.
i love butter in anything, and im a sounther bear, so tea is a staple in my house 24/7 xD
so, about how much would go in a gallon? or is it by the cup only?

I've only measured by the cup and haven't had it cold. But I personally add 2 tbs to my 16 oz insulated mug

Tried it with a couple of different teas, and I can say that the Oolong goes well with this treatment!

:) I do it with spicy chai. Velvety and spicy! I can only take about a teaspoon though, it's sort of an acquired taste

I have tried it. I liked it ^^ I first tried it with Earl Gray tea, and then tried it with Chai

Ohhhhh I'm very very curious, now...

I put salt in my oolong, so I might try this~

I've not heard of it before, but it sounds interesting. :3

I've heard of it, but haven't tried it myself. Personally, I like teas where you don't really need to add much of anything, or a tiny bit of sugar. Although I do like thai iced teas, which are heavy on the sugar and cream, so I might have to give it a try.

It sounds like it would probably help with sore throats too.

I have never heard of that before, but it sounds like it would work well with a good strong Chai ^w^ (I have some loose leaf from Nepal, it's really strong, and soo wonderfully spicy, sounds like a good mix for it) Thanks very much for sharing! =D

Lemon- or be scoffed at.

An interesting concept indeed, but heavens no for me. All I use is a small amount of honey and nothing more

Hmm, sounds different to say the least. I might try it at some point, maybe after I lose some weight.

I understand putting cream in your tea, but butter... Sounds interesting, but I'll have to pass until my health gets a bit better. Putting it in Spiced Chai sounds amazing though!

Fascinating. And while different and sounds interesting. I'm gonna have to wait till my health clears uo [and I lose a couple thousand pounds] till I try this.

Just honey, sugar, and mint leaves for me!

Definitely sounds interesting. I may have to give this a try later on today or sometime tomorrow. I'm not huge on chai tea, but I'm willing to give it a go in this case. :)

I had friends that were over in Tibet for about 6 months and they actually imported some of the traditional butter that is used there as well as the utensils. They made us all Traditional Tibetan Tea using the butter and we all got to taste it. I found that the salt content was a little much and not to my liking but adding a homemade butter or unsalted butter would work really well as it fit in better with my low salt diet.

I don't do it because I don't need the extra fat content. And of course one reason they do this over there is to increase their body fats which helps them cope better with the colder weather and they are mostly highly active so the extra energy is a major bonus.

Other added fats that can be included if needed is to use cream or ice-cream rather than milk in tea and or coffee. Coffee in particular is great with a dollop of ice-cream and dollop of cream. Eating a variety of cheeses that are high in fats can help put on weight and many pastas can too although I find them too filling but using butters and creams on them as part of the pasta dressing is a bonus. Hope the health issues sort themselves out.

*hugs*

Truth be told I have never added anything to teas other honey. >.<

I prefer my tea as is, leaves and water, I would like to try Tibet butter tea though. I would have to use unsalted butter in ordinary tea though.

I've heard of this before, but never tried it. It sounds gross, but I wont' knock it until I try it.

I think it could be interesting, especially since chai tea is combined with milk for drinking. While milk is not butter, it's not too terribly far from it. It wouldn't be something I'd try with my tea that I currently have since I love it as is. Though at the same time I am horribly curious what the smallest bit of it would do.

I do it all the time, since I was 6. Not with tea, but coffee, though.

I tried it xD; i didnt like it. maybe next time i should try less butter
hmm

Hmm I might try this....

LOL I like lemony tea so I buy lemon heads and put them in my tea ><

Ive also tried other candies in my tea! Some that worked are
Chocolate
LemonHeads
Peppermint Candycanes
Andes Mints

Some that didnt work..
Rootbeer candies
poprocks

I am so trying this tomorrow.

Never tried it, rather stick with honey in my green tea

Trying this!

what does It taste like ?

Patrick: Is Mayonnaise A Tea Ingredient

Never in a million bloody years.

Old post, but found it now...

I had the chance to try the real-deal Tibetan salted tea with yak butter (cha khan'te [ ཇ་ཁན་ཏེ་ ], or gur gur [ གུར་གུར་ ]) when I was in Ladakh, also known as West-Tibet. They say from 10 outsiders, 1 loves it while 9 finds it horrible. They do not make it the same in every household though. Some I liked, others I hated. I was staying with a teacher and his family for a while, and they made really good salt tea. It's still... well... pretty weird for a westerner. Sometimes I couldn't decide if I love it or hate it. ;) Another time workers made tea in a pot during the lunch break. They just dropped a chunk of butter in it, and didnd't mix it at all. That was horrible, they seemed to like it though.

The tea leaves are dried salted already. Normally they pour the hot tea in a wooden churn, used for making butter, then add a piece of butter and work the device until the result is a light-brown, even emulsion of tea and butter. It has a very smooth texture.

As for adding butter in coffee, I do that when I really need energy and need to wake up. I add relatively big chunks of unsalted quality butter, and after it melted I mix it with my spoon. It isn't reaching an emulsion state though so I need to remix it every now and then. Weird at first, but gets the job done.

im not a true fan of butter to begin with (tummy trouble) but i like my tea pretty plain.

Huh...I never thought of this???
I'm vegan but we have this nifty wayfare butter that's completely vegan and without palm oil o3o <3
So I might just try this next time.

I usually avoid sugar because it's a pain to clean, but butter...melts pretty well o3o thanks! I'll try it ^^ It's a good way to slip in more vitamin E in my tEEEEa~ hurrhurr o3o

I've heard of adding milk or cream to tea, but never butter, that sounds pretty interesting