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Suanmeitang [1] or sour prune drink [2] is a traditional [3] [4] Chinese beverage made from smoked plums, [5] rock sugar, and other ingredients such as sweet osmanthus. [4] Due to the sour plums used in its production, suanmeitang is slightly salty in addition to being sweet and rather sour.
Douzhi (Chinese: 豆汁; pinyin: dòuzhī, literally mung bean milk) is a traditional fermented drink from Beijing cuisine similar to soy milk. Made as a byproduct of cellophane noodle production, it has a light gray color and a distinct, slightly sour smell, [1] with hints of green vegetables and cooked potatoes. [2]
These baos are popular at dim sum restaurants and Chinese bakeries alike, and for good reason. The sweet, rich barbecue flavor and meltingly tender char siu meat are a match made in pork paradise.
Chinese tea is a beverage made from the leaves of tea plants (Camellia sinensis) and – depending on the type of tea – typically 60–100 °C hot water. Tea leaves are processed using traditional Chinese methods. Chinese tea is drunk throughout the day, including during meals, as a substitute for plain water, for health, or for simple pleasure.
Traditional Chinese historical accounts such as Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian relate various legends and myths concerning the origin of alcohol in China. One account says that the brewer Yidi presented the first alcoholic beverage as a gift to the emperor Yu the Great c. 2100 BC. [ 6 ]
Jiuniang is a sweet, soup- or pudding-like dish in Chinese cuisine.It is also known as sweet wine or sweet rice wine. [1] It consists of a mixture of partially digested rice grains floating in a sweet saccharified liquid, with small amounts of alcohol (1.5–2%) and lactic acid (0.5%).
Chinese tea houses refer to the public place where people gathered to drink tea and spend their spare time. Chinese tea houses have a long history. It first took shape during the Tang dynasty Kaiyuan era (713–714) [14] and became common during the Song dynasty. From the Ming and Qing dynasties, tea house culture became integral to regional ...
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