Eight-treasure tea is based on tea leaves and mixed with white sugar (or rock sugar), roses, medlar, red dates, walnuts, longan, sesame seeds, raisins, apple slices, etc. It tastes sweet and delicious and has a unique taste.
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Eight-treasure tea has a long history, which has been around since the Qing Dynasty. With the changes of the times, this tea is still popular among the people after the founding of New China. Eight-treasure tea was carefully prepared by Empress Dowager Cixi at the time of Qing Dynasty. Eight kinds of natural plants were used as raw materials and a unique formula. It was called Palace Eight-treasure Tea by Empress Dowager Cixi.
The brewing method of eight-treasure tea should be the most noteworthy one in Sichuan teahouse. Tea makers in Sichuan are very particular about making tea. They hold a special copper pot with a long mouth of more than one meter, and there are two trembling red balls. When the pointed spout is less than 4 cm away from the tea bowl, the boiling water is directed at the bowl, which is fast and accurate. The tea soup thus rushed out is green and can show the elegance of chrysanthemums.
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