Tibetan Butter Tea

Ingredients

 * 1 tablespoon loose tea leaves (preferably a smoky black tea)
 * ¼ cup half-and-half (or half cream and half milk)
 * 1 tablespoon butter
 * salt

Directions

 * 1) Boil tea in 4 cups of water for about 10 minutes.
 * 2) Remove from flame.
 * 3) Remove the tea leaves from the liquid by pouring through a sieve.
 * 4) Add half-and-half and butter to the strained tea.
 * 5) Add salt to taste (Tibetans like it very salty).
 * 6) This will cool the tea, so warm it briefly over a low flame, making sure the tea doesn't boil.
 * 7) For a frothy tea, pour it back and forth between two containers a few times.