What standard should a plate of high-quality Longjing shrimp meet?
Longjing tea leaf element is famous for its "green color, fragrance, sweet taste and beautiful shape". River shrimp (i.e. green shrimp) was praised as "the treasure of food" by the ancients, which not only has tender and delicious meat and rich nutrition, but also has the functions of tonifying kidney, strengthening yang and detoxifying. The "Longjing Shrimp" cooked with fresh Longjing tea and fresh river shrimp in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day is jade white, with attractive fragrance and incomparable freshness. It is a traditional famous dish in Hangzhou with strong local flavor. "Longjing Shrimp" is famous for its selection of the best Longjing tea in Hangzhou. Longjing tea is produced in the mountainous area near West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and Lion Peak in Longjing Village is the best. It is famous for its "green color, rich fragrance, mellow taste and beautiful shape". It is said that this kind of tea originated in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has been carefully improved since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and its quality is unique. The ancients said: "Longjing tea is authentic, sweet as blue, quiet but not bitter, and tasteless. Then there is a kind of harmony, tasteless, even tasteless. " In the Qing dynasty, it was listed as a court tribute. At that time, Anhui made precious dishes with the tender tips of Que Tongue and Eagle Claw tea, while Hangzhou made fried shrimps with Longjing fresh tea and fresh river shrimps around Tomb-Sweeping Day, which was called Longjing Shrimp. Its delicious food soon became the most famous specialty in Hangzhou and spread all over the country.