At the table
Stir to lift the grains from the bottom. Sip the tea and use a spoon for the oats, chewing rather than swallowing them whole.
Contains milk and caffeine. Fermentation may produce alcohol; do not assume zero alcohol or gluten-free oats. Check the starter and any additions for dietary needs.
Tea strength, milk and sweetness vary. This home-style recipe is not a claim about any chain's proprietary formula.
Know what you’re trying.
- Specification
- Cook whole oat groats, cool and ferment with sweet-grain starter. Mix the prepared chilled tianpeizi with chilled brewed tea and cow's milk; this representative version adds no extra sugar. Tea strength, milk and sweetness vary. This home-style recipe is not a claim about any chain's proprietary formula.
Ingredients
Fermented oat groats (oats, sweet-grain fermentation starter, water), brewed tea, cow's milk.
Origin & regional roots
Gansu
Associated with Gansu.
About this regional connection
Gansu: Modern Lanzhou milk tea incorporating local fermented grain snack.
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Story & history
Tianpeizi fermented-oat milk tea
This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.
This modern Lanzhou drink combines the local fermented-grain snack tianpeizi with milk tea. The grains remain part of the drink rather than being filtered out.