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Introduction Lei Cha Chapter 17
Introduction Lei Cha Chapter 17
Leicha is a Hakka food with a unique flavor. It has been passed down from generation to generation in Ruijin and is widely spread.
Ruijin Leicha is made by adding appropriate amount of rice to sesame, peanut, mung bean, soybean, tea leaves, orange peel, etc., and then boiled. Leicha has a unique flavor, fragrant, slightly bitter, gray-green, and turbid. Add some sesame oil when drinking, which is very delicious. After the hard work of Ruijin people, drinking a bowl of Lei Cha immediately refreshes the mind, appetizes and relieves fatigue. Lei Cha has some Chinese herbal medicines, which can detoxify, ventilate and cool down.
Ruijin people, whether from the countryside or the city, love to drink Leicha. Lei tea can not only satisfy hunger, but also a seasonal drink. The peasant women made the tea, boiled it, and brought it to the table. The neighbors sat together, drinking and chatting.
The production method of Lei Cha is unique. It is made by mixing various raw materials together. The tools of Lei Cha are “beating bowl” and “leistick”. The beating bowl is a kind of pottery bowl with fine convex and concave marks on the inner wall, and the beating stick is a hard wooden stick about 2 feet long. During the beating, the raw materials are poured into the bowl. The housewives sit on the low stool, hold the beating bowl tightly between their left and right thighs, hold the beating stick with both hands, and vigorously grind in the bowl to grind various raw materials into fine powder. , and then add water into the pot and bring to a boil.
Ruijin people’s unique Leicha attracts many people at home and abroad, who are proud to drink Leicha in Ruijin. In 2001, when Chen Jiangong, a well-known writer and vice-chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, came to Ruijin to collect folklore, people from the literary and art circles in Ruijin entertained him with Lei tea.
Chinese people have been fond of tea since ancient times, and there are sayings that “after a meal, tea and rice do not think”, “chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea”, and they have repeatedly placed tea and food on the same status, which shows that the status of tea cannot be underestimated in the eyes of Chinese people. However, Ruijin Leicha is different from tea. Although it has the word “tea”, it is an authentic delicacy, which can relieve cravings and maintain health.
practice
Grind rice, sesame seeds, peanuts, mung beans, soybeans, tea leaves, and oranges into pieces (you can decide the amount according to your own preferences, or you can add other ingredients), cut a little chopped green onion for later use, put it in water and boil, fragrant Sprinkle with chopped green onion when it is full.
The crushed grains can also be divided into small portions and stored in small portions. When cravings, they can be brewed with boiling water, which is full of nutrition!
The resulting Lei tea is fragrant, bitter in taste, gray-green, and turbid. Although the practice of Ruijin Leicha is not difficult, it still requires certain experience and skills to make it delicious and authentic. Tourists who come to Ruijin, Jiangxi should not miss it, and maybe they can also learn from a teacher.
