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What are the traditional drinks in old Beijing?

1, Qiuli cream

Autumn pear cream, also called Sydney cream, is a traditional medicinal diet. Legend began in the Tang Dynasty. Chosen autumn pears (or yali pears and Sydney pears) are used as the main raw materials, and other drugs for relieving cough, eliminating phlegm, promoting fluid production and moistening lung are added.

Autumn pear cream was once a special medicine for the court, and it was not spread among the people until it was handed down from the court by imperial doctors in the Qing Dynasty. Later, autumn pears in the suburbs of Beijing have been prepared and sold in Beijing, so they have become traditional specialties in Beijing.

2. Sour plum soup

Sour plum soup is a traditional summer drink in old Beijing. The main raw materials are ebony, hawthorn, osmanthus fragrans, licorice and rock sugar. Regular drinking can really get rid of diseases and strengthen the body, and it is a rare health drink in hot summer.

3, loquat dew

Loquat dew is light brown clear liquid; Smells good and tastes sweet. It can nourish yin, astringe lung, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. Can be used for treating chronic cough, cough and asthma and bronchitis. It was first published in Shennong's Herbal Classic.

4. Arctic Ocean soda

The predecessor of Arctic Ocean Food Company is Beiping Ice-making Factory built in 1936. 1949 was nationalized and renamed Beijing Xinjian ice-making factory. 1950 was renamed Beijing Food Factory, and the trademark of "Arctic Ocean" and the trademark pattern of Snow Mountain White Bear were officially registered.

5. Old Beijing pear soup

Old Beijing Xiaotiao Pear Soup is a kind of soup. The main ingredients are Sydney and tremella, and the auxiliary materials are rock sugar, plum, medlar and so on.

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