Looking at our country, green tea, green tea, Bai Mudan tea, oolong tea and other categories, each place has its own preferences, such as elegant green tea in Jiangnan, strong oolong tea in Fujian, and more importantly, herbal tea in the north. In fact, in our country, in addition to this kind of tea brewed with tea leaves, there are some very distinctive tea series. Maybe you have never heard of the raw material of this kind of tea.
Qinyu Tea has an extremely beautiful name. It can be seen from the name that this tea is related to fish. In fact, the raw material of this kind of tea is fish, which has very strict restrictions. Qin fish must be collected from Xiqin, Jingxian County, Anhui Province, in order to make Qin fish tea.
Qin fish, a different kind of small fish. The surface is only the length and size of fingers, and the silver scales shine in the sun. It turns out that Qin fish is a local specialty food. The caught Qin fish is cleaned up and can be used to make soup. A few fish can cook very fresh soup, or put the fish in white rice porridge, and the steamed fish porridge is just as delicious.
Qin fish in Jingxian only live in the clear Qin River. Every March, when the Qin fish appears, the locals will rush to the edge with special tools in their hands. In the stream of Western Qin, a small canal was dug in the foundation pit and a simple stone embankment was surrounded by stones. As soon as the harp fish swings, it can't help swimming into the bamboo cage laid by everyone, and then being carried back by everyone.
The production process of Qinyu tea mentioned above is more complicated. First, Qin fish should be put into the water. Although the Qinhe River is very clean, for the sake of safety, Qin fish should be soaked in warm water for a period of time. Then put Qin Yu into the pot, pour in cold water, and add spices such as ginger slices and peppers to remove the fishy smell. When the fish is thoroughly cooked, it can be taken out and cooled.
Qin fish cooled at room temperature can gather together and bake on charcoal fire. Carbon fire removes excess water from Qin fish and slowly turns into blue-black dried fish. This kind of shrimp is the raw material for making tea, which is what we often call "tea". Just before drinking, put the shrimp skin in a glass cup, just a handful, rush into boiling water and wait a while. The water in the cup slowly turned cool brown, and the fish in the cup jumped up and down as if they were alive.
Smell the tea again There seems to be such an unpleasant smell, but it doesn't exist at all. When I swallow a mouthful of tea soup, I only feel that there is a unique fishy smell in the tea soup, and the overall taste is slightly salty and very distinctive. Jingxian locals like to put dried Qin shrimp into green tea to make tea together. It is said that fish is delicious, green tea is delicious, fragrant and salty. This is a very special healthy drink.