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Well, last night I had the weirdest thing I've ever drunk.

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onebyone took me to an all-you-can-eat Brazilian BBQ, and made me eat and eat and eat until I was more or less spherical. Near the hot buffet and the enormous vat of jelly were two insulated pots, one labelled "Coffee" and one labelled "Green Milk Tea".

Now, I'm familiar with green tea. I like it. I'm drinking some now (though note for future reference that Clipper's Sencha tea is uncharacteristically poor). I'm familiar with what is called, in Hong Kong at least, milk tea - 'normal' tea, made very milky and with sugar.

I really couldn't see how these two could be combined in any sensible way. I gave the tea pot a wide berth and carried on munching. Some time later,

i_ludicrous came back with a cup of green milk tea. It was the colour of peppermint icecream.

When faced with such an implausible drink, there was really only one thing to do. I went and got a cup for myself. Ladies and gentleman, I think we have found the canonical example of a drink which is almost, but not entirely, unlike tea.

It was certainly very milky. It was very sweet. It was very, very green. It almost tasted faintly of tea. In fact, I don't quite know why I'm writing this post as it actually defied description.

I have really no idea how it is made. I am not sure whether I liked it. I think its sheer oddness may have in some way shorted my brain such that I couldn't form an opinion.