In China in the 1980s, malt milk was a luxury, how luxurious could it be? Remember Zhou Libo said a paragraph, to the classmates as a guest, the classmate's mother to brew a cup of malt milk, a closer look, the bottom of the cup lies five or six grains of malt milk, the student mother also said, stir a stir is good, remember when I was a child, the malt milk essence at home, always hidden, is to prevent children from stealing, for this also suffered a lot of beatings, the result of too long time, all damp, into a block, grandma with a kitchen knife, chisel into small pieces, distributed to us to eat happy, that strand of sweetness do not mention, now a blink of an eye 20 years have passed, As if something had happened yesterday.
Remember how it felt to eat malted milk for the first time? That taste is like the first love, sweet and sweet, every year during the Spring Festival, it is cold and frozen, but the children are happy, because there is malt milk to eat, it is a unique luxury, not every family can afford to buy, the younger generations visit the elders will buy a jar, adults are always reluctant to eat, the mother used the bottle cap as easy, gave us brothers a few, at that time with a few grains of malt milk, carefully put into the mouth to let it slowly merge, the sweetness, from the mouth all the way to the stomach, still unforgettable.
Why is malted milk so sweet? Because its raw materials include the essence of barley, as well as cream, condensed milk, in the process of production, will also use glucose, caramel, malt, etc., these raw materials uniformly contain "dextrin", after a series of baking processing, will emit a burst of fragrance, with "malt milk" These three big words title, worthy of the name.
Malt milk creamer sold the hottest in Shanghai, but with the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the situation was turbulent, the raw materials were affected, and the production became difficult, and the malt milk essence of Lekoufu was completely discontinued, and this brand produced the earliest batch of malt milk, and the quality was not to be said.
Until 1961, Shanghai Coffee Factory took over this product, and followed the "Fu" word trademark, and named Lekou Fu, in the 70s, affected by the Cultural Revolution, it was changed to "Shanghai brand malt milk", and has been used, this Shanghai production of fortified brand malt milk, popular to the north and south of the river, that is, contains 70, 80, 90s feelings of wheat milk.
It is mainly popular in the 70s-90s, is used as the main object of gifts, and has face, like the sick number, the elderly, poor physique, will be it as a nutritional product, at that time there was no supermarket, network shopping, want to buy malt milk creamer also have to go to the sales point, open strips to take goods, in addition to dairy products, biscuits, etc., not much circulation, malt milk creamer is naturally a sought-after commodity.
In the 90s, malt milk creamer began to gradually withdraw from the historical stage, the United States High Lego "into" the Chinese market, the formation of a series of impacts, the living conditions at that time has gradually improved, people are willing to accept new things, malt milk extract although can be bought, but not so hot, when the beverage market competition is becoming increasingly fierce, the choice of new products continue to emerge.
The economy should develop, the society should progress, malt milk creamer can not keep up with the trend of the times, can not adapt to the cruel competition, coupled with the adjustment of the center of gravity of the business, the luxury goods that were very popular at that time, and finally could not escape the fate of decline, fell the curtain, became a good memory, and the historical stage belonging to it ended.
Although now, you can also buy malt milk, but the taste has changed, 80s malt milk, I swear, that is the best thing I have ever eaten, the real material of malt milk at that time, unlike now are chemicals, the most like that kind of moisture-caggled malt milk, fragrant and sweet, if malt milk is really able to nirvana rebirth, restore the production process at that time, I believe that sales will not be low, many people drink is a feeling.
Every age has its own food, whether it is unpalatable or delicious, we call it delicious, this is the meaning of food itself, the taste of malt milk is like my first love, the most beautiful taste in memory, I want to taste the taste of malt milk cream again, but I am afraid of sadness, let this trace of regret stay in the deepest part of my heart.