Origin of Morning Tea

The origin of Guangdong morning tea, to be traced back to the Xianfeng Tongzhi years. At that time, there was a kind of guangzhou called "yili pavilion" pavilion, hanging in front of the door with the word "tea" two words of the wooden sign, supply tea and cakes, simple facilities, only a few wooden tables and stools to welcome customers, chat for passers-by to rest their feet and talk. Later appeared tea house, the scale of gradual increase, into the teahouse, since then the Guangdong people on the teahouse drinking morning tea has become a trend.

Till today, Guangdong morning tea tea has become a supporting role, refreshments are more and more exquisite and diverse, this traditional culture with the rapid development of Guangdong's economy not only shows no sign of disappearing, but more and more become the Guangdong people's leisure life in a bright landscape. There is also a called "2% Museum" also for the same snacks, the difference is in the price and equipment, the tea house tea to three points 6%, while the 2% Museum of tea costs only 2%, the difference is far, a full 16 times.

The old-fashioned teahouses were somewhat hierarchical, with the upstairs more expensive than the downstairs, because the upstairs had air conditioning (or electric fans) and the place was more spacious. Both named "morning tea", tea is naturally an integral part of the Guangdong morning tea. The tea for morning tea is mainly black tea, which warms the stomach, removes greasiness and facilitates digestion. Commonly, there are fermented tea (Anhua black tea, Pu-erh tea, etc.), oolong tea (Iron Goddess of Mercy, Da Hong Pao, etc.), and some people also like to drink chrysanthemum tea, i.e., adding chrysanthemums to Pu-erh tea, to take its coolness to get rid of fire. Black tea color deep red, soup thick, bitter taste, although in the visual and taste are not as good as green tea, but with the rich flavor of the Cantonese morning tea tea is a perfect match.