{"id":457,"slug":"butter-tea","title":"Butter Tea","description":"Butter tea, known as Po Cha, is a traditional drink of the Tibetans and is also consumed in Bhutan. Butter tea is an indispensable part of Tibetan life. Before work, a Tibetan will down several bowlfuls of this tangy beverage, and it is always served to guests. Since butter is the main ingredient, butter tea is a very warming drink and a good antidote to the cold, so it is especially suited to high altitudes.","ingredients_raw":["1 tablespoon regular black tea leaves (preferably Nepalese or Indian)","3 cups whole milk (or 1½ cup half-and-half + 1½ cup water)","2 tablespoons unsalted butter","Salt to taste"],"ingredients_norm":["regular black tea leaf","whole milk","unsalted butter","salt"],"steps":["Boil tea with milk for 2–10 minutes, depending upon the strength of tea desired","Strain into tea cups.","Add butter and salt. Stir thoroughly, ideally by carefully using a blender, and serve."],"categories":["Beverage recipes","Tibetan recipes","Recipes using tea","Recipes for tea and tisanes","Boiled recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using whole milk"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":20,"servings":"2","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Butter_Tea","source_ref":"4522466","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Butter_Tea&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"037b5a9c894b62f824219a57ff4e675e13eebc9d609ecffd130959cc1aa2291b","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:15Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:15Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/butter-tea"}