Dried flowers and fruits leisure tea 100 examples

Author: Wei Qin
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: The author's two books, "100 Health-Beneficial Herbal and Dried Fruit Teas" and "100 Leisurely Herbal and Dried Fruit Teas," provide detailed descriptions. These two books are sister publications. The former focuses more on health benefits, so its recipes include a few common, non-medicinal Chinese herbs and health-promoting dried fruits. The latter emphasizes taste, incorporating small amounts of fitness-enhancing dried fruits, candied fruits, tangerine peel, honey, and more. Some dried flowers and fruits can be easily purchased from major supermarkets, while common Chinese herbs are readily available at herbal stores, making homemade preparations very convenient. The books also provide detailed introductions to the efficacy and indications of each variety, allowing readers to choose based on their physical conditions and taste preferences. Tea, coffee, and cocoa are ranked as the world's three major non-alcoholic beverages. Compared to coffee and cocoa, tea has its unique characteristics: coffee and cocoa are merely beverages, whereas tea (especially in China) holds deeper cultural significance. China is the birthplace of tea. According to the ancient classic The Classic of Tea, "Tea as a beverage originated with Shennong and was known to the Duke of Lu and the Duke of Zhou." This means that tea drinking has been recorded as early as 5,000 years ago during the Shennong era, and by the Western Han Dynasty, it had become widely practiced among the people (known as "drinking tea").