There are famous big bowls of tea in old Beijing. Is there a big bowl of tea on the streets of Beijing now?

Big bowl of tea is one of the ways that northerners like to drink tea, which is more common in areas where Han people live in compact communities. Beijing big bowl tea is the most representative one.

In Beijing, drinking a big bowl of tea is usually in the shade on both sides of the road. A wooden table, several benches and several large bowls are all the possessions of a big bowl of tea.

A big bowl of tea is soup.

In the past, people at the bottom drank a big bowl of tea as "soup"

People with low incomes, such as rickshaws, vendors, coolies and pawns, often drink dry food (cakes or steamed bread) with a big bowl of tea, which is a meal.

Xiangzi, a rickshaw driver, saved money in the novel Camel Xiangzi.

When drinking a big bowl of tea, you don't have to pay attention to slow drinking. When the temperature of the tea can be taken, you can take a big sip to relieve the symptoms of dry mouth.

The tea in the big bowl of tea is jasmine tea in Fujian or Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Although the price is low, the jasmine fragrance inside can refresh the mind.

Especially in the hot summer, come to a big bowl and drink it in one gulp, leaving a fragrant mouth and refreshing your thirst.

After the reform and opening up, there are many small snacks on the tea stalls selling big bowls of tea in Beijing.

For example, melon seeds, peanuts and dried and fresh fruits, of which tea eggs are essential. Passers-by are hungry and thirsty when they walk, so they can quench their thirst and eat an egg.

The history of big bowl of tea

Previously, the big bowl of tea was popular in the middle of Qing dynasty and prevailed in the late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China.

In the old society, people in Beiping couldn't afford a big bowl of tea. They often shout to the owner of the tea stall, "Have a bowl of high foam." Gaopao is the broken tea leaves of jasmine tea, which is cheaper than the tea soup made of jasmine tea. So people in the old days drank too much.

In recent decades, there have been many tea stalls in Beijing Big Bowl Tea.

For example, in Shichahai, near the gate of Beijing and around the overpass, there are many tea stalls selling big bowls of tea while walking. In addition, some tourist attractions in Beijing also have small tea stalls and big bowls of tea.

Now there are some teahouses that show the history and culture of big bowls of tea, such as Laoshe Teahouse. Visitors can go to the teahouse to taste the aroma of big bowl of tea, appreciate traditional Beijing arts such as storytelling, cross talk and Beijing opera, and experience the ancient big bowl of tea culture.

That big bowl of sweet and thirst-quenching tea is still a memory of love.