Desert Ger Staple · Camel Milk Tea
Camel Milk Suutei Tsai
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Camel milk carries several times more vitamin C than cow's milk — one reason Gobi herders lean on it to get through the region's harshest, produce-scarce winters.
The same salted brick-tea base found across Mongolia is simmered here with camel milk instead of cow's or goat's milk, giving it a slightly thicker body and a faint mineral tang. It's the everyday hot drink in Gobi ger camps, poured for any visitor who arrives.
Why it's made this way: With good grazing land scarce and camels far better suited to desert conditions than cattle, Gobi households built their milk-tea habit around the animal that actually thrives there.
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