What are the famous dishes of the eight major Chinese cuisines? How many kinds of famous teas are there in China? What are the famous teas in each category?

Famous dishes of eight Chinese cuisines

Shandong cuisine

Genre: It consists of two local flavors: Jinan and Jiaodong.

Features: Strong fragrance, love onion and garlic, especially suitable for cooking seafood, soup and various animal offal.

Famous dishes: Fried Daha, Braised Conch and Crispy Carp.

Sichuan cuisine

Genre: There are two schools in Chengdu and Chongqing.

Features: It is famous for its strong flavor, wide flavor, strong flavor and strong flavor.

Famous dishes: kung pao chicken, Yipin Bear's paw, shredded pork with fish flavor, shark's fin braised in brown sauce.

Jiangsu gourmet

Genre: developed from Yangzhou, Suzhou and Nanjing local dishes.

Features: cooking skills are famous for stewing, stewing and stewing; Pay attention to mixing the soup and keep the original juice.

Famous dishes: shredded chicken soup, stewed crab powder, lion head, crystal vegetable feet, duck wrapped fish.

Zhejiang cuisine

Genre: It consists of local dishes such as Hangzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing, the most famous of which is hangzhou dishes.

Features: fresh and tender, soft and smooth, mellow and glutinous, refreshing and not greasy.

Famous dishes: Longjing shrimp, West Lake vinegar fish and beggar chicken.

Cantonese cuisine

Genre: There are three schools of Guangzhou, Chaozhou and Dongjiang, represented by Guangzhou cuisine.

Features: the cooking method emphasizes frying, frying, stewing and stewing, and the taste is characterized by refreshing, light and crisp.

Famous dishes: Three Snakes, Dragon and Tiger Phoenix, Roasted Suckling Pig, Salt Bureau (left after the fire) Chicken, Winter Melon Cup, and Ancient Meat.

Hunan cuisine

Type: Hunan area

Features: Pay attention to spicy, fragrant, sour, spicy, burnt and fragrant, especially sour and spicy.

Famous dishes: braised shark's fin, rock sugar and lotus fragrance.

Fujian cuisine/dishes

Genre: developed from Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen and other places, represented by Fuzhou cuisine.

Features: seafood is the main raw material, paying attention to sweet, sour, salty and fresh, with good color, flavor and taste.

Famous dishes: snowflake chicken, Jin Shoufu, yellow chicken, orange juice Cargill fish, Taiji shrimp.

Anhui cuisine

Genre: It consists of local flavors in southern Anhui, along the Yangtze River and along the Huaihe River. Southern Anhui cuisine is the main representative.

Features: ham as seasoning, rock sugar as umami flavor, good at stewing and paying attention to fireworks.

Famous dishes: Gourd Duck and Fuliji Roast Chicken.

Famous teas in China are mainly divided into green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea, yellow tea, black tea and reprocessed tea.

Green tea-

Also known as non-fermented tea. It is made of suitable new tea buds through typical processes such as enzyme fixation, rolling and drying. According to the different drying and deactivating methods, it is generally divided into frying, baking, drying and steaming. Green tea has the characteristics of "clear soup and green leaves, strong taste convergence". Green tea is the earliest tea in history, with a history of more than 3,000 years, and it is also the largest tea in China. The origin is mainly distributed in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and other provinces.

Representative teas are West Lake Longjing, Xinyang Maojian Tea and Biluochun Tea:

▲ West Lake Longjing is referred to as Longjing. Produced in the mountainous area around Longjing Village, southwest of West Lake, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Pick fresh leaves four times a year in spring. The tea picked before Qingming is called "tea before Qingming", which looks like lotus plumule, so it is called "lotus plumule". Picking in front of Grain Rain is called "tea before rain", also known as spring catechu, which is shaped like a flag like a gun, so it is called "flag gun". Sanchun tea was picked in long summer. It looks like a sparrow's tongue, so it is called "sparrow's tongue". Sichun tea comes with its own tea stalks, so it is called "stalks". Longjing tea has four unique qualities: one color, two flavors, three flavors and four shapes. That is, the color is green, the aroma is rich, the sweetness is refreshing, and the shape is like a sparrow tongue. Longjing tea contains amino acids, catechins, vitamins and other ingredients, and has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, refreshing the brain, promoting digestion, relieving boredom, diminishing inflammation and detoxifying.

▲ Xinyang Maojian tea is produced in Xinyang County, Dabieshan District, southern Henan Province. Picking before Grain Rain every year. Its shape is thin, round, straight and white. Green color, bright and clear soup, known as "Huainan tea Xinyang first" reputation.

▲ Biluochun is produced in Dongting East and Xishan, Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province. Every year from late March to mid-April, when the tea buds grow to 1-2 cm, they can be picked. Fresh Harrison tea is tender and tender, and the more dried tea, the better the quality will be. The finished product is compact in appearance, slender in string, fresh and refreshing, green and clear in soup color, and sweet after drinking.

Black tea-

Also known as fermented tea. It is made of new tea bud leaves suitable for making this product, and refined through typical technological processes such as withering, rolling, fermentation and drying. Its soup color is mainly red, hence the name. Black tea can be divided into competition black tea, Kung Fu black tea and black broken tea, which is the second largest tea in China.

The representative teas are Dianhong and Yixing black tea:

▲ blush

The appearance is compact, fat and magnificent, the color of dry tea is moist and golden, the color of soup is bright, the aroma is fresh and long, and the taste is strong and fresh.

▲ Yixing black tea

The appearance is compact, with tiny buds, one bud with two leaves or one bud with one leaf. Deep and moist in color, the soup is like red wine, fragrant with flowers and fruits, and resistant to brewing.

Oolong tea-

Also known as green tea and semi-fermented tea. It is a unique tea among several major teas in China. Oolong tea combines the production methods of green tea and black tea, and its quality is between green tea and black tea. It not only has the rich flavor of black tea, but also has the fragrance of green tea and the reputation of red edge and green leaves. The pharmacological effects of oolong tea are manifested in fat decomposition, weight loss and bodybuilding. In Japan, it is called beauty tea and bodybuilding tea.

Representative teas are Wenshan Baozhong Tea, Anxi Tieguanyin Tea, Frozen Top Oolong Tea and Wuyi Dahongpao.

▲ Wenshan Bao grows tea.

Mild semi-fermented oolong tea. Produced in Taibei County and Taoyuan County in northern Taiwan Province Province. The finished tea is curly in appearance, golden in soup color and naturally elegant and fragrant in smell. Wenshan Baozhong tea is rich in nutritional and health-care ingredients, which can strengthen the heart, promote diuresis, relieve fatigue, eliminate blood lipid and prevent arteriosclerosis.

▲ Anxi Tieguanyin

It is the best oolong tea, produced in Yaoyang Township, Anxi County, Fujian Province. Picking technology: it is picked four times a year, with spring tea in long summer, summer tea in the future, summer tea after the summer heat and autumn tea before the Millennium, among which spring tea is the best. The finished tea roll is fat, round, heavy and even; Bright color, mellow and sweet taste, known as the king of tea. Drinking it has the effects of clearing heart fire, improving eyesight, preventing arteriosclerosis, reducing blood fat and losing weight.

▲ Frozen top oolong tea

Produced in the frozen peak area of the branch of Phoenix Mountain in Nantou County, Taiwan Province Province, its finished product is hemispherical, dark green in color, with natural fragrance, orange in soup color, mellow and moist in taste, and the quality is the best among spring teas.

White tea-

White tea is a kind of slightly fermented tea, which is a special treasure in China tea. Because its finished tea is mostly bud head, covered with white hair, such as silver as snow, it is named.

The main producing areas are Jianyang, Fuding, Zhenghe and Songxi counties in Fujian Province (there is a small amount of production in Taiwan Province Province). The production technology of white tea is generally divided into two processes: withering and drying, and the key is withering. The preparation method of white tea is characterized by not destroying the activity of enzyme, not promoting oxidation, and keeping the aroma and taste fresh and refreshing.

The main varieties are Bai Mudan and Baihao Silver Needle;

▲ white silver needle

Short for silver needle, also known as white hair. Its finished products are mostly bud heads, covered with white hair, white as silver, slender as needles, so it has an elegant name. Baihao tea is the only outstanding white tea variety, which is as famous as Junshan Silver Needle and has been a royal tribute for generations. Yinzhen finished tea bud is plump, covered with white fuzz, white and bright in color, silvery and straight in length, like a shuttle or a needle. The soup is clear and bright, and it is light apricot yellow. Sweet dew in the mouth, sweet and fresh, cold in nature, has the effects of detoxification, fever reduction and fire reduction, and is regarded as a good medicine for measles.

▲ Bai Mudan

There is a silvery white heart among the green leaves, which looks like a flower. After brewing, the green leaves hold the buds, just like the buds are named for the first time. The finished product has a fat heart, tender leaves, wrinkled and raised leaves, the leaf edge is curled towards the back of the leaves, the bud leaves are connected with branches, the leaf color is dark gray-green, and the back of the leaves is covered with white fluff; It is fragrant, fresh and mellow, and the soup is apricot yellow or orange yellow. The leaves are light gray and the veins are red. It is cool and has the effect of reducing fever and reducing fire.

Yellow tea-

It is found from the fried green tea that the leaves turn yellow due to insufficient or untimely drying after fixation and kneading, so a new category is produced.

-Yellow tea.

Yellow tea belongs to fermented tea, and the production of yellow tea is similar to that of green tea, but the difference is that there is an additional stuffy pile process. This kind of stuffy pile technology is the main feature of yellow tea making method, and it is also the basic difference between it and green tea.

Yellow tea can be divided into three categories according to the tenderness of fresh leaves and the size of bud leaves: yellow bud tea, yellow small tea and yellow big tea.

The representative teas are Mengding yellow bud and Huoshan yellow bud:

▲ Junshan Silver Needle-one of the best in Huangya tea.

Junshan silver needle, named after the registered trademark "Junshan", is a needle-like tea of yellow tea. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, because it was shaped like a bird's feather, people named it Yellow Feather and White Crane Feather. Tea in Qing Dynasty has white fuzz, so it was renamed as White Maojian. It is named 1957.

Yinzhen tea is produced in Junshan Island, Dongting Lake, Yueyang City, Hunan Province. Since ancient times, it has been called the four wonders for its color, fragrance, taste and strangeness. In ancient times, the annual output of Junshan tea was only over one kilogram, but now it is only 300 kilograms.

Yinzhen tea is mined with fresh leaves in the first three or four days of Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, and is made from a single tea tip picked first in spring tea. It takes about 50,000 tea buds to make 1 kg Yinzhen tea. Although its production process is exquisite, it does not modify the appearance, but requires that it must remain the same, and only work hard from three aspects: color, fragrance and taste.

Junshan silver needle has a strong bud head, solid and straight, white hair like feathers, golden and translucent bud body, and is known as "gold inlaid with jade". The essence is fragrant and tender, the soup is apricot and bright, the taste is sweet and refreshing, and the leaves are thick and even.

▲ Mengding Huangya-the second best in Huangya tea

Mengding Huangya is famous for its Huangshan brand registered trademark. Due to the different registered trademarks of manufacturers, the name of tea can be divided into "mountain" and "top". Produced in Mengding Mountain area of Mingshan County, Sichuan Province.

Mengding Yellow Bud uses round fertilizer single buds developed from scales collected before Tomb-Sweeping Day every year as raw materials to make finished tea. The buds are even, flat and straight, the color is yellow and moist, and the whole hair is exposed. The soup is Huang Chengcheng, sweet and smooth, sweet and refreshing, and the leaves are light yellow.

Mengding tea cultivation began in the Western Han Dynasty and has a history of 2,000 years. In ancient times, it was a tribute enjoyed by the emperor. After the founding of New China, it was once rated as one of the top ten famous teas in China.

▲ Huoshan yellow bud-the third best in yellow bud tea

Huoshan Yellow Bud is produced in Jingangtai, Niaolaijian, Shuimanhe and Jinzhuping of Jinji Mountain in Dahuaping, Huoshan County, Anhui Province, among which Jingangtai Institute has the best product quality. The finished tea bud is straight and even in Ye Ting, with yellow-green color, delicate and delicate, like a sparrow tongue, bright yellow-green soup with yellow circles, light yellow leaves at the bottom, fresh, sweet and refreshing taste, ripe chestnut fragrance and delicate fragrance after drinking.

Black tea-

This is a unique tea with a long history of production in China. During the processing, fresh leaves turn black due to pile fermentation, so it is called black tea. Black tea can be brewed directly or pressed into pressed tea (such as various brick teas). Location: Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces. Because it is mainly sold to frontier areas, pressed tea made of black tea is also called edge-selling tea.

The representative tea is Pu 'er tea:

▲ Pu 'er tea

Produced in Yunnan Pu 'er, Xishuangbanna, Simao and other places, the production history is very long, and there was Pu 'er tea trade between Tang Dynasty and Kangzang area. Pu 'er tea is made from fresh leaves of Yunnan big-leaf tea tree, and there are special techniques of splashing water and stacking fermentation in the processing, which makes the finished tea have a unique old fragrance. Pu 'er tea has many functions such as reducing blood fat, losing weight, helping digestion, sobering up and detoxifying. After eating wine and meat, people often make a cup of Pu 'er tea to help digestion and sober up. Pu 'er tea is very popular in many countries and Macao. It is called beauty tea, slimming tea and longevity tea. Pu 'er tea can be made into Pu 'er Tuo tea, Qizi cake tea and Pu 'er brick tea after steaming.

Processed tea-

Processed tea is a product made from the raw materials of basic tea such as green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea, yellow tea and black tea. It includes scented tea, pressed tea, extracted tea, fruity tea and medicinal health tea, which have different tastes and functions respectively.

Representative tea: scented tea includes jasmine tea and Cynthia scented tea; Compacted tea includes Tuo tea and Liubao tea; Instant tea includes Luyuan brand instant tea:

▲ scented tea

It is a mixture of tea leaves and fragrant flowers. With the adsorption of tea leaves, tea leaves can absorb flowers. There are jasmine tea, pearl orchid tea, white orchid tea, rose tea, osmanthus tea and so on. The tea blank of scented tea is mainly baked green tea and a small amount of tender fried green tea. When processing, the tea blank and fragrant flowers are stacked layer by layer to make the tea absorb the flowers; After the fragrance of flowers is exhausted, make new flowers according to the above method.

The fragrance of scented tea depends on the number of flowers and the amount of fragrance. The more smells, the stronger the fragrance. Ordinary scented tea sold in the market is usually brewed only once or twice. Scented tea has a strong fragrance, which gives people a fragrant feeling after drinking. It is especially loved by people in North China and Northeast China, and has been exported overseas in recent years.

* Jasmine tea

It is the largest variety of scented tea, which is produced in many tea areas, among which Ningde in Fuzhou, Fujian and Suzhou in Jiangsu have the best quality products. When scenting, the dried tea leaves (mostly fried green tea made of jasmine, or special jasmine tea made of famous teas such as Longjing, Dafang and Mao Feng) are mixed with the budding jasmine flowers in a certain proportion, and the products are made through the processes of flowering, blooming, reheating and jacquard. Jasmine Dabaihao, Tianshan Yin Hao and Jasmine Sumenghao are high-grade scented teas.

* Cynthia scented tea:

It is the main scented tea variety in China. Mainly produced in Shexian County, Anhui Province, but also in Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places. Cynthia scented tea is made of high-quality tea such as Huangshan Mao Feng, Huizhou Baking Green, Laozhu Dafang, etc., and has added the fragrance of Cynthia or Milan. Because the fragrance of Zhu Lanhua lasts for a long time, it takes a long time for tea to fully absorb the fragrance of Zhu Lanhua. Therefore, if it is properly stored for a period of time (about 3-4 months), the fragrance of Zhu Lan scented tea will be more abundant and meaningful. Cynthia scented tea is especially favored by women, because it has both the elegant fragrance of orchids and the fresh and sweet taste of green tea.

▲ pressing tea

Before the Ming Dynasty, the cake tea consumed in China was pressed tea made by steaming fresh tea leaves, grinding, pressing with molds and drying. Modern pressed tea takes green tea, black tea or black tea as raw materials and is steamed into round cakes, squares, bricks, columns and other shapes, among which pressed tea made of black tea is the bulk.

* Tuocha

It looks like an inverted thick-walled bowl with a diameter of about 80 cm. There are green tea and black tea. Green tea Tuocha is made by steaming sun-dried green tea, which is called Yunnan Tuocha and Chongqing Tuocha. Black tea Tuocha is steamed from Pu 'er loose tea, which is called Yunnan Pu 'er Tuocha. Yunnan Tuocha has a strong aroma and mellow taste, and has won the national silver award and the title of national famous tea. Chongqing Tuocha won the international gold medal; Yunnan Pu 'er Tuocha has a unique fragrance, mellow taste, remarkable blood lipid lowering effect and won the international gold medal.

* Liubao Tea

It is produced in Liubao Township, Cangwu County, Guangxi, and is made of tea from Zhougong Village and Heishi Village in Liubao Township by steaming and pressing into a cylindrical shape. Liubao tea has the characteristics of red, strong, mellow and old, and is sold to Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore.

▲ Instant tea

Instant tea is a new type of tea beverage, which is made of finished tea, semi-finished tea or fresh leaves and tea by-products, through extraction, filtration, concentration and drying. It is granular, powdery or flaky, easily soluble in water and without tea residue. It has the advantages of convenient drinking and no pesticide residue. The main varieties of instant tea in China are instant black tea, instant green tea, instant oolong tea and instant health tea.

* Luyuan brand health tea

The meaning of this tea name is: take natural green food to serve consumers' health.

Luyuan brand instant tea is made of local high-quality tea and refined by high-tech scientific methods. It has elegant and pure flavor, and has many special effects, such as quenching thirst, refreshing the mind, improving eyesight and clearing heart, lowering blood pressure and lipid, and preventing cardiovascular diseases. There are bottles, boxes, bags and other specifications of packaging, convenient and hygienic to drink. Among them, instant oolong, instant jasmine tea, instant black tea, instant milk tea and other products have been exported to the United States, Japan, Southeast Asia, Taiwan Province Province, Hong Kong and other regions in recent years, and won the gold medal at 1993 International Food Expo.