Anhua Leicha is a traditional famous spot of Han nationality in Hunan Province, which belongs to Hunan cuisine. This snack originated in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and spread in Anhua area north of central Hunan. Its color, taste, efficacy, production method and tea drinking custom all make passers-by feel the quaint and rich tea culture in the mountains. In the spring of April, the reporter followed the interview group of "Around Dongting Lake" into this place full of tea fragrance.

There are many varieties in anhua tea. Geographically, there are nearly ten categories, such as Meicheng tea, Dafu tea and Houxiang tea. According to the season, each season and month are almost different; According to taste, there are sweet tea and salty tea; According to its functions, there are thirst quenching, anti-inflammatory, heatstroke prevention, cold resistance, hunger and loss of appetite ... With the progress of the times, there are also various teabags and iced teas that use refrigerators to cool down.

In recent years, Anhua tea has begun to go out of the farm and develop into the market. Not only tea stalls in tea-making areas can be seen everywhere in urban and rural areas, but some tourist attractions have simply developed tea-making into an entertainment project, attracting many overseas tourists from Singapore and Japan to visit. The most striking thing is that the emerging tea smashing workshops combine the original tea smashing technology with modern production methods, so that more people can taste this pure natural green drink.

Anhua tea, Hunan is fragrant all over the world. It is a colorful cloud, a fragrant flower, a fruity fruit, an intoxicating wine … it is a leisurely poem.

Generally, rice, peanuts, sesame seeds, mung beans, salt, tea, litsea cubeba and ginger are used as raw materials, which are mashed into paste with a mortar, boiled with water and mixed evenly, and the fried rice is fragrant and delicious.

The process of making tea is also like a leisurely poem. Wash the bowl hammer, stir-fry the main ingredients and miscellaneous grains, and prepare tea and seasoning; Then, while boiling water, put the bowl between your legs, put in the things to be crushed, pick up the hammer and roll; At the same time, prepare fried peanuts, sweet potato chips, sour radishes and other non-staple foods with tea; Everything that needs polishing is finished. Just rinse with freshly boiled water and stir hard for a few times, and delicious tea will be made.