Morning tea refers to a traditional custom based on tea and food.
Morning tea is common in Guangdong, Jiangsu and other places, meaning similar to eating breakfast, the difference is that eating morning tea is more elaborate, usually the whole family or friends go to the teahouse or restaurant to order tea and refreshments, eat and chat, slowly savor, but nowadays the eating of morning tea is not limited by the time, it may also be carried out in the morning, or in the middle of the day.
In the traditional food culture of Guangzhou, morning tea occupies an unshakeable position, and eating morning tea is not only a process of enjoying food, but also a common local social eating custom. Drinking tea is also known as "sighing tea", "sigh" is a Guangzhou colloquialism, indicating taste, enjoyment, a "sigh" word, cohesion of the Guangzhou people's attitude towards life. The day of Guangzhou people starts with morning tea.
The Origin of Morning Tea
The origin of Guangdong's morning tea can be traced back to the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi. At that time in Guangzhou, there is a kind of pavilion called "Yili Museum", hanging in front of the door with the word "tea" two wooden signs, supply tea and cakes, simple facilities, only a few wooden tables and benches to welcome customers, chatting for passers-by to rest their feet and talk. Later appeared tea house, the scale of gradual increase, into the teahouse, since then the Guangdong people on the teahouse drinking morning tea has become a trend.
Till today, Guangdong morning tea tea has become a supporting role, refreshments are more and more exquisite and diverse, this traditional culture with the rapid development of Guangdong's economy not only shows no sign of disappearing, but more and more become the Guangdong people's leisure life in a bright landscape. There is also a called "2% Museum" also for the same snacks, the difference lies in the price and equipment, teahouse tea to three 6%, and 2% Museum of tea costs only 2%, the difference is far, a full 16 times.