Tibetan yak butter tea

I don't know how authentic it would taste but all the recipes I've seen use cow's butter instead. Some use half cream/half milk. I haven't tried this one but it looks good. It's got less butter than some probably because of the half & half.

Tibetan Butter Tea

3 cups water
2 tea bags
1/3 cup half-and-half
1/3 cup milk
3/4 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. butter

Put water and tea bags in a pan & bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low to keep tea hot without boiling. Remove tea bags. Stir the tea while adding the half-an-half and milk. Add salt then mix. Add butter cut into 3 or 4 pieces so it will melt quickly. Continue stirring. When butter has melted, remove tea from heat and whip the mixture with an eggbeater until frothy about 2 to 3 minutes. Serve immediately.

Thanks so much. It sounds soooo delish!

i would get cultured butter. i have this awesome cookbook somewhere i've had fot 20 yrs put out by some tibetan monks- there is a saffron walnut bread in there TO DIE. i have been wanting yak butter tea since then.

THanks for the advice! I am off to learn how to culture butter. Sigh.