Tea & local drinks 茶饮酒酿

Xiangyang Yellow Rice Wine 襄阳黄酒

Xiangyang Yellow Rice Wine (襄阳黄酒) includes milky fresh wine and an amber variety called difeng huangjiu (地封黄酒).

Zhongxiang Roasted Rice Tea 钟祥米茶

Zhongxiang Roasted Rice Tea (钟祥米茶) is a drink made from brown rice that is first stir-fried and then boiled in water, a home staple in Zhongxiang (钟祥), Jingmen (荆门), Hubei.

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Xiaogan Fermented Glutinous Rice Wine 孝感早米酒

Xiaogan Fermented Glutinous Rice Wine (孝感早米酒) is listed among the local specialties of Xiaogan, Hubei. The term 酒 points to an alcoholic or fermented drink.

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Toasted Rice Drink 米茶

Toasted Rice Drink (米茶) in Tianmen (天门), Hubei, is qu micha (焌米茶): rice toasted in a wok until golden and then boiled thin in plenty of water, a summer staple of the Jianghan Plain (江汉平原) that, as Tianmen Daily (天门日报) points out, is called tea but is not tea.

Xiangyin ginger, sesame and bean tea 湘阴姜盐芝麻豆子茶

The drink is savory and ginger-warm, with toasted sesame fragrance and chewy or crunchy beans rather than a sugary milk-tea profile.

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Chengbu Savoury Oil Tea 城步油茶

Chengbu oil tea pours seasoned tea broth over crisp rice, fried beans, peanuts and rice-cake pieces.

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Taoyuan Pounded Tea 桃源擂茶

Taoyuan Pounded Tea (桃源擂茶) is the pounded tea of Taoyuan County (桃源县) in Changde (常德), known on the Changde government portal as Taohuayuan pounded tea (桃花源擂茶) after the Peach Blossom Land (桃花源) area.

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Anhua Pounded Tea 安化擂茶

Anhua's pounded tea combines roasted grains, peanuts, sesame and tea into a paste, loosened with boiling water and finished with toasted rice.

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Taojiang Pounded Tea 桃江擂茶

Taojiang Pounded Tea (桃江擂茶) is a drink of tea leaves, peanuts and sesame ground to a paste in an earthenware bowl and topped up with water, made in Taojiang County (桃江县), Yiyang (益阳).

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Jiangyong Yao Mountain Oil Tea 江永瑶山油茶

Jiangyong Yao Mountain Oil Tea (江永瑶山油茶) is a savoury tea soup made by the Yao people of Jiangyong County (江永县) in Yongzhou (永州), Hunan.

Lanshan Savoury Oil Tea 蓝山油茶

Lanshan Savoury Oil Tea (蓝山油茶) is a bowl of fried glutinous-rice balls, nuts, beans and puffed rice soaked in a hot ginger and tea broth, made in Lanshan County (蓝山县) in Yongzhou (永州), Hunan.

Gongfu tea 工夫茶

Small servings concentrate the tea's aroma, while successive brews reveal changes in strength, sweetness and astringency. The tea chosen matters as much as the equipment.