Morning tea refers to a traditional custom based on tea and delicious food, which is common in Guangdong, Jiangsu and other places. Its meaning is similar to eating breakfast, but the difference is that eating morning tea is more particular. Generally, the whole family or friends order tea and refreshments in a teahouse or restaurant, chat while eating, and taste slowly, but now eating morning tea is not limited by time, and it may be done in the morning or at noon.
In the traditional food culture of Guangzhou, morning tea occupies an unshakable position. Eating morning tea is not only a process of enjoying delicious food, but also a common local social food custom.
Drinking tea is also called "sighing for tea". "sighing" is a common saying in Guangzhou, indicating taste and enjoyment. The word "sighing" embodies the calm attitude of Guangzhou people towards life. Guangzhou people's day begins with morning tea.
Morning tea, which sounds like tea, is actually a combination of tea and snacks, and snacks are the real protagonists hidden behind tea. Morning tea was popular in Guangzhou during the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, during the Tongzhi period, when Chinese people entertained foreigners for breakfast, it was out of courtesy that they could not enjoy the dishes alone, and they were not used to western-style bread and milk, so they replaced them with all kinds of snacks and black tea. And the morning tea time often spans between breakfast and lunch.
one cup and two pieces-synonymous with Cantonese morning tea, and "one cup" refers to a bowl of tea; "Two pieces" generally refers to snacks. The steaming hot spots, golden crisp dry spots, porridge and noodles and other staple foods, dishes and desserts, a morning tea is not only rich in variety, but also a lot of doorways.
Historical origins
The history of morning tea in Guangdong can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there were "Erli Restaurant" for drinking tea in Guangzhou, Foshan and other places. Later, a more upscale tea house was born, and the tea house has a scale of two floors, which allows tea customers to sit down and chat slowly. With the further development of commodity economy, tea houses are gradually showing the trend of prosperity, and gradually "develop into a teahouse cake bait industry".
During the "Thirteen Lines" period, merchants and celebrities needed a place to entertain their business partners, and the first modern teahouse "Sanyuan Building" came into being. Since then, there have been more and more teahouses. Beginning in the late 192s, many high-grade teahouses in Guangzhou rushed to launch "Weekly Beauty Point" in order to attract diners, which became the trend in the catering industry at that time.
At that time, the teahouse was like a "small society", with business people, blind date people and parties, and the world and the world were all condensed in "drinking tea". In the teahouse, while tasting delicious food, everyone told their family and friends that the relationship between people was getting closer and closer. In Guangdong, "morning tea" has become a common social way.
Later, garden-style teahouses rose in Guangzhou, represented by Panxi Restaurant, Beiyuan Restaurant and Nanyuan Restaurant, with dozens or even hundreds of snacks in each teahouse.