Jiexi Leicha [Guangdong Jiexi Specialty]

What is Jiexi Leicha? Authentic Guangdong Jiexi specialty: Jiexi Leicha

Summary:Do you want to know what Jiexi Leicha is? This article is a detailed introduction to the Guangdong Jiexi specialty - Jiexi Leicha. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information about Jiexi Leicha. The full text takes about 5 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Jiexi Leicha and the product characteristics of Jiexi Leicha? How did the history of Jiexi Leicha come about? The production method of Jiexi Lei tea, etc.

Introduction to Jiexi Leicha

Hakka Leicha is not only a simple, healthy, and environmentally friendly green food, but also a unique type of ancient Chinese tea culture. It is the inheritance and continuation of Jiexi Hakka people's ancient tea culture, and a link and bridge connecting Hakka people from all over the country. There are hundreds of thousands of Hakka compatriots living in Southeast Asia, Europe, America, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan in Jiexi County, who still retain the custom of Leicha. Through Leicha, people can communicate their feelings and inspire their patriotism and homesickness. Has significant historical, cultural, and social value. What are the product features of Jiexi Leicha?

1. Jiexi Leicha is one of the unique foods of the Hakka people in Jiexi.

2. The tools for making Jiexi Leicha are simple, but the production method is very particular.

3. The ingredients for Jiexi Leicha are sourced from farmers' sources, which are convenient and abundant. The combination of various ingredients is very unique.

4. Jiexi Leicha can be used as both a main food and a beverage, as well as a medicinal drink, which is very magical.

5. Jiexi Leicha has various flavors such as salty, fragrant, sweet, bitter, sweet, and spicy. How did the history of Jiexi Leicha come about? Jiexi Leicha is a traditional Han Chinese delicacy in the Jiexi area of Guangdong Province, belonging to the Cantonese cuisine. The Hakka people in Jiexi have a tradition of brewing roasted tea. In summer and autumn, when the weather is extremely hot, people often do not feel like eating after working and often have roasted tea as their lunch. At noon, when guests visit, the host must cook dishes to entertain them. Before the girl gets married, any neighbors who receive wedding candies should also cook a bowl of fragrant tea to invite the bride to eat as a congratulatory gesture. In addition, if a sick person in the family has recently recovered, they should also cook some tea to invite friends who have taken care of the patient to eat as a token of gratitude. Jiexi Challenge Tea has a long history. Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" Volume III "heard that there was a trapped Shu woman in the south who made tea and sold Congee". Combined with the legend of the place name of Hepo, this Shu woman may refer to He Po. Lu Yu, a native of the Tang Dynasty, has a history of more than 1000 years. What he called tea Congee is to grind tea leaves into fine rice, add Rice noodles, oil salt, and make tea balls or tea cakes. When drinking it, he mashed it, put some spices such as onion, ginger, pepper, and cinnamon, and boiled it with water to make a large pot of tea Congee for everyone to eat. This is the original method of making Jiexilei tea. The production of Jiexilei tea is not complicated. The main ingredients are rice or popcorn, but the ingredients are complex. First, put peanuts, sesame seeds, tea leaves, Jin Bu Yi or Ku La Xin in a mortar, beat them into a paste with a tea pestle, pour hot water over them, and then stir fry some dried radish, cabbage, scallions, green onions, soybeans, tree vegetables, etc. in a clay pot. Alternatively, add some shredded meat, shrimp rice, squid, etc., and finally mix with cooked white rice (or popcorn). This type of tea has five flavors: sweet, sour, spicy, bitter, and salty, which greatly enhances the appetite and adds a unique flavor. Especially on the seventh day of the first lunar month every year, every household eats Lei Cha. As it is the seventh day of the lunar new year, seven types of vegetables are used, hence it is called "Seven Types of Vegetable Tea". If there are also fifteen types of vegetables used, it is called "Fifteen Types of Vegetable Tea".