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Introduction Lei Cha Chapter 19

Introduction Lei Cha Chapter 19

In the old days of Yudu, every household had a tea bowl, and it was very popular to eat tea. No matter whether you are rich or poor, male or female, young or old, you always drink a few bowls of rich and mellow tea after work and school. If relatives and friends come to the door, they must treat each other with tea. On weekdays, no matter where you go, you can almost smell the fragrant smell of beating tea and the sound of beating tea “sucking” from the courtyard. A folk song sings: “The sound of tea in every family makes the tea fragrance in every household; the treasure of tea is better than ginseng soup.”

The Hakka tea in the capital has been passed down from generation to generation and has a long history. Housewives have been fascinated since childhood, and making tea has become their specialty.

A tea maker is highly respected by people. Look at her, a handful of fried rice, a handful of tea leaves, a handful of sesame seeds, a few slices of star anise, a few slices of orange peel, a handful of peanuts, all of which are put into the special pottery tea bowl with straight grooves on the inner wall. Add a few tablespoons of tea oil to the middle, and sandwich the beating bowl tightly between your knees.

Then he picked up the tea jujube made of camellia oleifera wood, with a hoe handle, two feet long, and vigorously rubbed the raw material along the wall of the bowl. But seeing the arms fluttering and turning wildly, it was dizzying. Before long, the raw materials in the beating bowl turned into a thick paste-blue paste, which is called “tea bait” by the people. Finally, pour it into the hot boiling water, and it is a bowl of tea with delicious taste and overflowing aroma.

So, the whole family sits around the table, you have a bowl, I have a bowl, grab a handful of fried beans, peel a few fried peanuts, harmonious, harmonious, and beautiful. No wonder people who have had enough of the sweetness said: “I would rather have less rice than no tea.”

Yudulei tea is not only a delicious drink, but also an appetizing umami soup for the elderly and the sick. It not only has the function of making people’s tongue rejuvenate, and after drinking it, it is fragrant on the cheeks, and the aftertaste is endless. Drink it on a hot day, quench your thirst and quench your thirst, and feel refreshed; drink it on a cold day, keep warm and warm. Lei tea is rich in nutrients, easy to absorb and digest, and is of great benefit to people’s physical and mental health.

With the change of people’s way of life, the traditional tea making, which is labor-intensive, is mostly replaced by tea making in the Pingchou area. But the people in the remote areas of the mountain still love to eat Leicha as always. If you come to visit there, the hospitable housewives are sure to hold a bowl of steaming and fragrant traditional tea.

Lei Cha, Lei people, grinding also. Lei Cha is a healthy tea drink made by grinding raw materials such as tea leaves, sesame seeds, and peanuts in a beating bowl and then brewing it with water. In the rich and colorful food culture of the Hakka people, Lei Cha is the most representative delicacy. Whether it is a wedding or a visit from relatives and friends, Lei Cha should be invited. The Hakka people are very hospitable, and it is a traditional grand etiquette to entertain guests from afar with Lei tea.

Lei tea system, known to women. Its Leicha has a set of tools called “Three Treasures of Leicha”: one is a pottery bowl with a diameter of 50 cm and a thick groove pattern on the inner wall; the other is made of high-quality hawthorn wood or Camellia oleifera tree trunk about 85 cm long. The third is to use bamboo skewers to filter out the slag. To make Lei tea, use a handful of good tea leaves, an appropriate amount of sesame seeds, a few slices of licorice, etc.

The inner wall of the bowl is regularly rotated along the direction of the grooves, and the tea leaves are ground into crushed mud, and the slag is filtered out with a scoop. “Lei Tea Feet”. Then pour into boiling water, stir properly, and then add fried rice, peanuts, watercress, rice crackers, hot skin, etc., it is a jar of Leicha that combines fragrant, sweet, bitter and spicy.