Date of Issue : 25 Jul 2023
Postmark : Hong Kong
Denomination : HK$2.20, HK$4.00, HK$5.40 and HK$5.50
Stamp Size : 28 mm x 49 mm
Paper : Paper with Security Fibres
Printing Process : Lithography
Hong Kong-style milk tea, also known as "silk-stocking milk tea", is a much-loved beverage among the Hong Kong locals. It is the outcome of a century-old evolution from English milk tea, which takes a few steps to make. Four of the steps of brewing this much-loved beverage are featured in the regular stamps in this stamp issue, namely blending tea leaves (HK$2.20), boiling and infusing the tea (HK$4.00), force-pouring the tea (HK$5.40) and force-pouring the milk (HK$5.50). This milk tea making technique was inscribed onto the first Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong in 2017.