Besides sour plum soup, what other traditional cold drinks in China have been circulating for a long time?

Besides sour plum soup, mung bean soup, iced powder and herbal tea are all traditional cold drinks in China. They have a long history. In ancient times, people ate them in summer to escape the heat. In addition to summer, some drinks also have the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, cooling down fire and improving immunity.

First, mung bean soup The earliest traditional cold drink in China is mung bean soup. Mung bean soup is a soup made of mung beans and water as the main raw materials. It can not only clear away heat and toxic materials, but also quench thirst and relieve summer heat. Mung bean soup is rich in nutrition and high in economic value. The color of soup can be divided into red and green, which is a traditional cold drink in China. Well-known mung bean soup includes barley mung bean soup, lily mung bean soup, pumpkin mung bean soup and so on. In ancient times, it was also a good cold drink for people.

2. Ice powder Ice powder is a traditional summer snack, which originated in Sichuan. Ice powder is cool and delicious, tender and refreshing, which can not only quench thirst, but also relieve summer heat and reduce fire. As a necessary food in summer, ice powder is favored by people because of its transparency, smoothness, bright color, refreshing and delicious, and good quality and low price. Ice powder can be made at home by yourself, as long as it is dissolved in water and your favorite items such as brown sugar, peanuts and hawthorn are frozen in the refrigerator.

3. Herbal tea Herbal tea is the general name of traditional Chinese herbal medicine plant drinks in China. Guangdong herbal tea is one of the representatives of traditional herbal tea culture in China. Generally speaking, herbal tea is a drink made by decocting some herbs and condiments to eliminate the summer heat in the human body. Herbal tea has a long history. In 306 AD, Ge Hongnan, a pharmacist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, studied herbal tea. Historical allusions about herbal tea are widely circulated in Lingnan area. For hundreds of years, herbal tea shops based in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have also formed a beautiful landscape.

In addition, there are China traditional cold drinks such as tremella lotus seed soup, cold cheese and watermelon juice. Dear readers, which one do you prefer?