The specialties of Meizhou, Guangdong include: Meizhou golden pomelo, Pingyuan navel orange, Dabu honey pomelo, Hakka wine, and Changle shochu.
1. Meizhou Golden Pomelo
Meizhou Golden Pomelo is a specialty product of the current administrative area of ??Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, and a national geographical indication product of China. Meizhou golden pomelo fruit is large, beautiful in appearance, correct in gourd shape; the peel is yellow, smooth, even and clean; the flesh is sweet and refreshing, with a honey flavor, crisp and crumbly. Rich in nutrients and high medicinal value.
2. Pingyuan navel orange
Pingyuan navel orange is a specialty of Pingyuan County, Guangdong Province, and a national geographical indication product of China. The main variety of Pingyuan navel orange is "Newhall", which is of high quality. The rate is over 90. It has the characteristics of large and beautiful fruit, thin peel, fine oil cells, bright orange-red color, crisp and tender meat, slag-like texture, sweet flavor, no seeds, early maturity and resistance to storage and transportation.
3. Dabu Honey Pomelo
Dabu Honey Pomelo is a specialty of Dabu County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, and a national geographical indication product of China. Dabu honey pomelo has a regular shape, soft flesh, no or few seeds, and moderate sweetness and sourness. On November 5, 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture approved the implementation of geographical indication product protection for "Dabu Honey Pomelo".
4. Hakka Niang Liquor
Hakka Niang Liquor is widely distributed in the Hakka area in eastern Guangdong, and Meixian County is one of its representative regions. Meixian Hakka Niangjiu is a pure natural green drink. It is rich in amino acids, trace elements and vitamins, has low alcohol content and high nutritional value.
5. Changle Shaojiu
Changle Shaojiu is a specialty of Wuhua County, Guangdong Province, and a national geographical indication product of China. Changle Shaojiu brewing technology can be traced back to the Jin Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Changle County was named "Changle Shao" because of the local establishment of Changle County. The technology gradually matured in the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, Changle shochu uses high-quality rice as raw material, homemade special wine cake as saccharification fermentation agent, and is brewed from Tortoiseshell Mountain spring water. It has a unique style of "mellow and soft, comfortable and inviting, with a pleasant aftertaste, and you will not get drunk".