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A Wuyishan tea snack in which brewed black tea serves as the soup base for soft glutinous-rice tangyuan. Representative versions use Zhengshan black tea and emphasize balance between tea fragrance and the dumplings' sweet, chewy texture.
A long-standing home-style tea food found in Jiangnan and other parts of China. Hot tea is poured directly over already cooked rice so the tea aroma moves between the grains, with pickles, fermented black beans, fermented bean curd, salted duck egg or other salty accompaniments served alongside. Historical texts also call it cha tao fan.
A Wuyishan tea snack in which Da Hong Pao tea liquor and tea powder are mixed into flour to make a tea-scented dumpling wrapper, filled with meat and boiled.
A representative traditional tea food of Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County in Guilin, Guangxi. Large-leaf green tea is stir-fried and pounded with ginger, garlic and oil, then simmered with water, strained and seasoned. It is commonly eaten with fried rice, peanuts, crisp snacks and glutinous-rice cakes, and serves both as everyday food and as an important Yao hospitality and life-cycle custom.
A modern fusion dessert in which green-tea powder supplies the main tea flavor, combined with a cream-based mousse and chilled until set. Published versions often use matcha, but the name “Green Tea Mousse” should not automatically imply that every version uses matcha.
A traditional Hakka meal form in which tea leaves, peanuts, sesame and related ingredients are ground into a paste and mixed with hot water to make lei cha soup. Rice and side dishes such as seasonal vegetables, beans, preserved radish and peanuts are prepared separately, then combined with the soup at the table. Tea type and accompaniments vary significantly among Hakka regions.
A signature Hong Kong milk tea made from blended black tea that is boiled, steeped and repeatedly pulled through a cloth filter, then poured hot into evaporated milk. The nickname “silk stocking” comes from the tea-stained cloth filter, whose brown appearance resembles a stocking after repeated use.
A modern Fuzhou tea snack built on traditional Weili cake, also known as water-chestnut cake, with jasmine tea incorporated into the steaming process to add floral aroma and a gently returning tea sweetness.
A representative urban teahouse drink of Lhasa, made from black tea simmered with milk or milk powder and sugar into a sweet, milky tea. It is commonly served with Tibetan noodles, meat pies and other breakfast foods and remains central to everyday teahouse life.
A traditional Hangzhou dish combining river shrimp with Longjing tea. Brewed tea liquor contributes seasoning while the tender leaves themselves are retained in the wok, pairing the shrimp's delicate sweetness with the fresh fragrance of green tea.
A modern Hangzhou tea pastry that brings Longjing tea into the water-oil dough, filling or overall aroma design, using a Chinese flaky-pastry structure to create crisp, distinct layers.
A modern fusion dessert made by layering thin crêpes with cream, with matcha adding both tea flavor and a distinctive green hue, then chilling the cake until set.
A traditional Mongolian tea food built on salted milk tea made from brick tea, fresh milk and salt, then enriched with fried millet, butter, milk tofu, milk skin, cheese, air-dried beef and other solid foods. It is both a tea and a meal, important in grassland breakfast and hospitality.
A traditional Mongolian savory milk tea made by simmering brick tea or other compressed tea into a strong liquor, then adding fresh milk and a small amount of salt. Elaborate or regional versions may be served with fried millet, butter, milk skin, milk tofu and other foods.
A representative traditional gaiwan tea of Ningxia, especially associated with Wuzhong. Tea leaves are combined with rock sugar or white sugar, goji berries, red dates, longan, raisins, sesame, walnuts, dried fruit or rose preserves, then infused directly in a gaiwan with boiling water and repeatedly refilled.
A modern tea-banquet fusion dish built around pork belly braised with Pu'er tea liquor. Representative local versions in Pu'er often use ripe Pu'er, adding aged tea aroma and tea fragrance to the familiar sweet-savory depth of red-braised pork.
A modern creative tea-banquet dish from Fuzhou in which seasonal vegetables are lightly blanched in Old-Bush Shui Xian tea liquor, preserving freshness and tenderness while adding the aroma of Wuyi Shui Xian rock tea.
A modern creative tea drink that rose in Taiwan in the 1980s, built around milk tea and chewy tapioca pearls. Classic versions commonly use black tea, while fresh milk, creamer, green tea, oolong, different syrups and many other variations have since developed.
A representative modern tea-banquet dish from the Gaoligongshan Tea Expo Garden in Tengchong, where ribs are stewed with tea liquor and then fried or pan-fried into a golden crisp exterior, leaving a light tea fragrance within the meat.
A generic tea-cuisine category in which tea leaves or tea liquor take part in stewing chicken. Official examples include Tea-Stewed Chicken in Tengchong tea banquets, Pu'er Tea-Stewed Chicken in Yunnan tea-culture promotion, and regional chicken dishes stewed directly with dry tea leaves; tea type, origin and exact recipe are not standardized.
A traditional Tibetan savory tea made by simmering brick tea, tuocha or other compressed tea into a strong liquor, then adding butter and salt and churning repeatedly until the tea and dairy fat form a smooth emulsion. It is usually served hot.
A traditional Tibetan way of eating tsampa: roasted barley flour is mixed with hot Tibetan butter tea and kneaded by hand into soft lumps. Some traditional versions also add extra butter, milk curds or white sugar, while others such as gyomada are mixed into a thinner porridge-like consistency.
A representative tea food in the modern Wuyishan tea-banquet system, made by kneading dough with juice from fresh tea shoots and rolling it into noodles. The noodle body takes on a light green color and fresh tea aroma, and current Ministry of Culture and Tourism tea-tour materials continue to list it among Wuyishan's well-known tea foods.
A classic Chengdu Sichuan dish in which duck is first marinated, then smoked with tea leaves, camphor leaves, rice straw and pine/cypress branches, steamed until tender and finally fried until crisp-skinned. Tea functions mainly as a smoking medium rather than as tea liquor or edible leaves in the finished dish.
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