Yak Butter Tea: The Original Bulletproof Beverage

Long before Western “bulletproof” trends, Tibetans sipped steaming bowls of yak butter tea: pu erh, salt, yak milk and butter, churned thick as soup and endlessly refilled. Fuel for harsh Himalayan cold, it offers dense calories, probiotic fermentation, enhanced antioxidant absorption, and a ritual warmth modern dieters only recently rediscovered.