‘Owned by the Dutch, born in Hong Kong’: Black and White’s lasting role in cha chaan teng culture

Hong Kong-style milk tea has been using Black and White’s full cream evaporated milk for more than 80 years. As many as 80 per cent of cha chaan tengs use it to make the city’s signature drink, according to FrieslandCampina Hong Kong, whose parent company in the Netherlands created the brand exclusively for the local market in the 1940s. South China Morning Post reporter Oscar Liu visited a local diner that has been using the product for decades, to find out what makes this brand so popular – and how it is staying relevant with younger generations.