Tibet horse milk wine

Have you tired the Tibetan food? It is said that everyone traveling in Tibet likes to try authentic Tibetan food. As a foodie, you may not miss all kind of distinctive Tibetan food, especially some famous Tibetan beverage snacks.Explore Tibet Team,introduces a special Tibetan drink-Tibet horse milk wine to you.

Tibet horse milk wine also means Kumis in English.It is a fermented dairy product traditionally made from mare’s milk. The peoples of the Central Asian steppes like to drink it very much, such as Mongolia area or Tibet area.To make this unusual dairy product, mare milk is fermented for hours or days, while stirred it and prevent it does not coagulate.During the fermentation, bacilli bacteria acidify the milk, and yeasts turn it into a mildly alcoholic drink.
Traditionally, the mare milk was kept in a horse-hide tied to the saddle and bounced around for a day’s ride. Tibet horse milk wine has a unique, slightly sour flavor with a bite of little hot.Tibet horse milk wine is a very mild drink, which contains alcohol between 0.7 and 2.5%. Due to the mare’s milk contains more sugars than cow’s or goat’s milk,so the Tibet horse milk wine has a low alcoholic content. However,the exact flavor is greatly variable between different producers.
Tibet horse milk wine is beneficial for a range of chronic diseases, including tuberculosis, bronchitis, catarrh, and anemia.Besides,it can stretch the muscles and smooth the vein.
Tibet horse milk wine is usually served cold or chilled. Traditionally it is sipped out of small bowl.
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