Butter-Tea-Making

Suja or Butter tea is a staple drink in Bhutan. Butter tea making can be fun.

In fact, drinking butter tea is a regular part of life in Bhutan. Before going to work, a Bhutanese will typically enjoy several bowls of this beverage to kick-start the day.

Traditionally, Suja is made from tea leaves, water, salt and butter.

You can try a hand in the traditional Butter Tea making process. It would be fun using a wooden churner to churn the butter for tea. Back in the olden days, the preparation of Suja was quite a big task. To make this specialty in Bhutan, a wooden churner was used to churn the butter for the tea.