Bittersweet warning on drinking too much milk tea
China DailyFrom top: A vlogger talks about milk tea for her vlog in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Aug 15. A Hong Kong-style milk tea intangible cultural heritage inheritor demonstrates the art of making milk tea to visitors at the 7th China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov 9. Among them, 2.6 percent of students drank four to six cups of milk tea each week, while 20.6 percent drank two to three cups a week. Milk tea addiction was measured by several parameters, such as frequent milk tea consumption, persistent craving, guilty feelings for drinking too much, and an inability to stop imbibing the beverage. The results of the study have crucial implications for policymakers, as milk tea addiction may pose a severe problem among youth, the paper said.