Yak Butter Tea in Shangri-La

Using the narratives of four Tibetan experts, we explore the importance of yak butter tea in Shangri-La, Yunnan Province. There, yak butter tea is consumed in much the same ways as tea and coffee are consumed in the West. In Shangri-La, yak butter tea is imbued with ritual, meaning, and sociocultura...

Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal

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