Tea-Making Churn
1960-1980 (made)
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This tea-mixing churn, called a ‘cha dong’, is made of wood with brazen bands and has an inner plunger. In Ladakh and Tibet, tea is made by boiling Chinese brick tea in a cooking pot with soda. After a few minutes this is poured into a mixing churn such as this one, butter and salt are added and the whole mixture vigorously churned with the long plunger until the contents are emulsified. Only then is the tea poured into a teapot for serving.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood and brass |
| Brief description | Tea-making churn of wood and brass with separable lid and inner plunger, made in Ladakh, 1960-1980. |
| Physical description | Tall, narrow tea-making churn of wood with brazen bands, with separable wooden lid and inner plunger. |
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| Summary | This tea-mixing churn, called a ‘cha dong’, is made of wood with brazen bands and has an inner plunger. In Ladakh and Tibet, tea is made by boiling Chinese brick tea in a cooking pot with soda. After a few minutes this is poured into a mixing churn such as this one, butter and salt are added and the whole mixture vigorously churned with the long plunger until the contents are emulsified. Only then is the tea poured into a teapot for serving. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.4:1 to 3-2000 |
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| Record created | March 7, 2001 |
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