{"id":30792,"date":"2017-06-23T09:34:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T13:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=30792"},"modified":"2019-06-25T10:06:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T14:06:03","slug":"cheese-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/cheese-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheese Tea: Instant Classic or One-Hit Wonder?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In several East and Southeast Asian countries, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.star2.com\/food\/food-news\/2017\/05\/18\/cheese-tea-malaysia-trend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cheese tea<\/a> has been the drink of choice for the past few years. Now this popular beverage seems to be gaining some traction stateside.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hot or cold tea with a cheesy topping of cream cheese and condensed milk. Depending on your own preferences it can be salty, sweet, or some combination of the two. The consistency of the cheesy concoction is similar to&nbsp;a loosely whipped cream, and it&#8217;s added to green and fruit teas.<\/p>\n<p>The cheese tea has swept through parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/cheese-bites\/cheeseless-china-no-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China<\/a>, Malaysia, and Taiwan. At certain locations, some customers are even waiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/news\/people-are-waiting-in-lines-hours-get-taste-cheese-tea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three or more <em>hours<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;for this frothy, steeped beverage. Here in the US, it can be found in the Bay Area and New York City. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/entertainment\/blogs\/mke-diner\/2017\/06\/12\/cheese-tea-coming-milwaukee-new-downtown-ramen-shop\/384729001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journal Sentinel<\/a>,&nbsp;a new ramen shop opening this summer in Milwaukee will offer cheese tea <em>and<\/em> cheese coffee. I decided that there were two possible explanations. One possibility was that cheese tea was as delicious as people\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/cheesetea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram posts<\/a> suggest, while the other is its novelty was intriguing enough to garner its current popularity.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BUyJZ43hkR5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yes cheese. On tea. Is this the drink you&#8217;ve been waiting for? \ud83e\udd14 #playwithyourfood #foodtrends #cheesetea #cheese #checkitout | goo.gl\/rBYWbQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by SBS Food (@sbsfood) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-06-01T04:28:20+00:00\">May 31, 2017 at 9:28pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When I found a shop here in Boston that serves this dairy delight, I traversed my way there as quickly as possible.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.happy-lemon.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy Lemon,<\/a>&nbsp;close to the city&#8217;s Chinatown, is a chain restaurant with locations throughout Asia, the US, and England.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although the weather was raw, I arrived feeling much like a happy lemon myself. Eager to try this trendy new drink, I ordered a hot green tea with salted cheese (as their menu reads). I sat down in the food court and prepared myself for this&nbsp;<em>potentially<\/em> epic experience. The first few sips were interesting. I could detect the slightly salty, slightly sweet balance of the cheese topping. The tea itself was warm and comforting on that rainy day. However, after the initial excitement wore off, I was left with a cup of mediocre, lukewarm green tea and a bit of salty milk.&nbsp;Disappointed, I threw away the last quarter or so of what was left in my cup.&nbsp;In this&nbsp;cheese fanatic\u2019s humble opinion, cheese tea is an unpleasant one-hit wonder. However, this is just <em>my<\/em> perspective. 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