Buttered tea is an essential drink for Tibetans every day. This is necessary for life on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It can drive away the cold when it is cold; Eating meat can be greasy; Hunger can satisfy hunger; Being sleepy can relieve fatigue; You can clear your head when you are sleepy. Tea contains vitamins, which can reduce the damage caused by the lack of plateau vegetables. Tea not only exists as a drink, but also is regarded as a sacred object, which is put into every newly shaped Buddha together with scriptures and jewels, and blessed by the living Buddha, so that the spirit of this Buddha can be realized. The Tibetan family's fortune box contains sacred objects that the family can get from generation to generation, the most important of which is tea.

When making buttered tea, tea leaves or brick tea are boiled in water for a long time to become thick juice, then the tea leaves are poured into buttered tea barrels, then butter and salt are added, the tea barrels are whipped up and down for dozens of times, the buttered tea is stirred and melted, and then the buttered tea is poured into a pot for heating, so that delicious buttered tea is obtained.

Conversations between hosts and guests often begin with the word tea. There is a set of procedures for drinking butter tea:

1. When the guest is asked to sit at the Tibetan square table, the host puts a wooden bowl (or teacup) in front of the guest.

2. The host or housewife lifts the butter tea pot and shakes it a few times, and pours a bowl full of butter tea for the guests. When pouring tea, gently shake the teapot a few times to make the tea oil symmetrical, and the bottom of the teapot should not be higher than the desktop to show respect for the guests. If the guest doesn't drink the buttered tea that has just fallen, tell the host first.

3. The host mentioned again that when the buttered tea pot stood in front of the guests, the guests picked up the bowl, dipped a little tea with their ring fingers and sprinkled it three times to give it to the gods, dragons and spirits. Blow gently in the butter tea bowl to blow away the oil flowers floating on the tea, then take a sip and praise: "This butter tea is really good, oil and tea are inseparable." You can't drink tea too fast. You can't drink it all at once. Leave about half of it until the host finishes adding it.

4. The guest put the bowl back on the table, and the host filled it. In this way, drink three bowls a day, and you will be very lucky after drinking them.

Note: The enthusiastic host will always fill the guests with tea bowls. Don't touch it if you don't want to drink it; If you drink half of it and don't want to drink any more, the host holds the bowl and you put it there. When the guests are ready to leave, they can drink more, but they can't drink it dry. Leave some greasy tea in the bowl.