[1] The ingredients to suutei tsai are typically water, milk, tea leaves and salt.

The traditional way of cooking it includes stirring it by scooping it up while it is boiling and pouring it back in from a height.

[9] In a land where juice and wine were not readily available, many Mongols opted to drink milk-based products like suutei tsai or airag (a type of milk alcohol made from fermented mares milk) instead of pure water.

While many Mongolians enjoy suutei tsai, some foreigners have a hard time adjusting to its distinctive flavor.

It is usually served to guests when they arrive at a Mongolian home, known as a yurt or ger.

Upon arriving, guests are usually served suutei tsai with a hospitality bowl filled with snacks.