“不敬青稞酒呀,不打酥油茶呀,也不献哈达……”这首六、七十年代唱遍中国大地的歌曲,把藏族最具特色的两种日常生活饮品介绍给了世人。好多人从这首歌了解西藏,了解这里的人们。从某种程度来说,青稞酒和酥油茶成了藏族的代名词。然而,带着领略高原风光和这里人们生活习俗心情的远方客人,如果不走进藏人的家而在街上漫游的话,就会看到在写有“某某甜茶馆”的门口自行车和摩托车满地排放。走进里头一看,满是黑呼呼的人,坐无虚席。有些房屋小的茶馆,门口摆放的凳子上也有人坐着喝甜茶。看到这么多人在一天任何时候都在喝甜茶的情景时,你心中也许会闪念这么个问题,是不是甜茶也是藏族的主要饮品之一?的确是这样。甜茶不象酥油茶和青稞酒那样,“发明专利”属于藏人,它是一种外来的饮品,但藏族人把它早已容纳为自己的生活中,使之成为日常生活必不可少的饮品。 据说过去甜茶在西藏没有象现在这样的广泛普及,更没有成为如今这样大众化的商业性饮品。它有它的深入、发展和普及的过程,下面介绍笔者所知道的甜茶的历史及现状。 “No honor barley wine, no butter tea, nor Hada ...” This is the first six or seventies sing the songs of the earth in China, the most unique of the two Tibetan daily drink introduced to the world. Many people know Tibet from this song and know the people here. To some extent, barley wine and butter tea became synonymous with Tibetan. However, with distant tourists who have a taste of the plateau scenery and the customs of people living here, if they roam in the street without going to the Tibetan home, they will see the bicycle and moto Car full of emissions. Into the inside of a look, full of black whirling people, packed. Some small teahouse houses, the stool placed in front of some people sitting and drink sweet tea. When you see the scene of so many people drinking sweet tea at any time of the day, you may wonder in mind whether this is one of the main drinks of the Tibetan people. Unlike sweet butter tea and highland barley wine, sweet tea belongs to the Tibetans. It is a foreign drink, but the Tibetan people have long accommodated it as their own life and made it an indispensable drink of daily life. It is said that in the past, sweet tea in Tibet is not as widespread as it is now, nor has it become such a popular commercial drink nowadays. It has its depth, development and popularization of the process, here I introduce the history and status quo of sweet tea.