What is tea food?
What is tea food? Tea food is a kind of food that goes with drinking tea. Tea food is loved by people as a traditional food, but there are still some people Cha Shi doesn’t understand. This article mainly briefly describes what tea food is, and I hope it will be helpful to people who want to understand tea food. What are tea snacks 1
The modern "tea snacks" refer to various non-staple foods and snacks that are carefully made and properly paired with tea. Drinking tea with tea food can add to the splendor of tea culture, increase the interest of tea art, and expand the scope of tea culture.
In the modern tea academic world, tea food refers to food that is processed with tea mixed with food. At present, in the catering industry, including teahouses, only some tea dishes and snacks use tea as raw materials, and most do not contain tea. In fact, it is not critical whether tea is mixed with tea or tea snacks, because a cup of tea can wash away the turbidity in the intestines and stomach, refresh the mind, and a few tea snacks can not only satisfy the appetite, but also add a few elements to tea drinking. Different tastes, thus organically combining light and strong fragrance, moist and dry. The constant caressing of the tongue by tea can revitalize the tired sense of taste. With the help of tea, people can enjoy the taste of snacks better. Therefore, as long as tea, tea food, and refreshments are properly matched, the two can promote each other and complement each other.
Introduction to the knowledge of tea and food
1. Matching of tea and tea and food
There are many types of tea and food, which vary depending on personal preferences and physical constitution. It is a general principle to match sweet tea with green tea; sweet and sour tea with black tea; salty and alkaline tea with oolong tea. The so-called "sweet goes with green, sour goes with red, melon seeds go with oolong".
Tea food can be roughly divided into four categories: fruits, melon seeds, peanuts, dates, chestnuts, plums, hawthorns, olives, water chestnuts, etc. Pastries, snowflake cake, water chestnut cake, red bean cake, walnut cake, pineapple cake, etc. Candy, tribute candy, peanut candy, sesame candy, gummy candy, etc. Desserts, steamed buns, rice dumplings, dumplings, dried tofu, dried meat, braised products, etc.
2. The vision and taste of tea food
The packaging of tea food should be beautiful and exquisite, the appearance should be small and exquisite, the color should be natural and pleasing to the eye, the texture should be soft and palatable, and the convenience of eating should be taken into consideration , non-sticky and non-shedding.
3. Tea, food and utensils
The utensils for tea and food should be exquisite. Good tea should be paired with good snacks. In addition to the quality of the tea and food itself, it should also be clean, elegant and unique. Containers are used to highlight the deliciousness and exquisiteness of tea and food.
4. Tea food and seasons
Tea food and solar terms must match the seasons. With different regions and seasons, the inner quality of tea will also change; human physique is also a factor. The solar terms are adjusted according to the season. Therefore, the preparation of tea and food must change according to the different solar terms and seasons, both in terms of the quality of the tea and the person's constitution. In summer, tea snacks should be prepared with lighter flavors; in winter, tea snacks should be heavier; in spring, tea snacks should be more colorful or bright; in autumn, tea snacks should be mainly simple and elegant. The color, type and quantity of tea and food should be less but not too much, and only in moderation. What are tea snacks 2
Tea snacks
Ingredients
700 grams of flour, 200 grams of cooking oil, and 250 grams of brown sugar.
Accessories
100 grams of sesame seeds, 20 grams each of walnut kernels, peanut kernels, green and red silk, a little each of soju and alkaline noodles.
Preparation method
1. Make stuffing: add 200 grams of flour, 25 grams of cooking oil, a little alkaline flour and mix well, then add about 70 grams of water and Form a hard dough, knead it evenly on the table, roll it into 1 mm thick slices, cut it into pieces and bake it in a hanging stove (or oven), then place it on the chopping board and crush it with a rolling pin, and sift it with a small sand-mesh sieve. Small pieces or powder.
2. Chop walnut kernels, green and red shredded silk, and peanut kernels with a knife, mix with the above-mentioned dough pieces, 20 grams of sesame seeds, brown sugar, and shochu, and mix well to make tea fillings.
3. Make dough: add 300 grams of flour, 75 grams of cooking oil, and 100 grams of warm water to form a dough, knead evenly and knead until smooth. Add 100 grams of hot oil to 200 grams of flour and mix well to form a puff pastry.
4. Wrapping: Divide the water-skin noodles and pastry noodles evenly into 10 portions. Knead one portion of the pastry noodles evenly and flatten it into a portion of the pastry. Use a small rolling pin to roll it into long strips, and then Roll into a small roll, press the middle of the roll with your fingers to raise the two ends, brush evenly with the caramel water (i.e. caramel plus water) and dip it in sesame seeds, put it in the oven and bake for about 10 minutes, take it out when it turns golden brown.
Features
Golden color, mellow and sweet taste, special wine aroma, and there must be cracks around it.
[Note] This is a famous food in Shouyang County, Jinzhong. The best ones are produced in Tai'anyi Town of the county. It is said that Tai'an Post was originally an ancient post station, located on Tongjing Avenue, where envoys often stayed. Due to urgent business and time constraints, breakfast was often served with tea and snacks. This snack was the original breakfast and was named after tea snacks.