At the table
Sip slowly after cooling. Spoon up and chew the beans and sesame if you wish; leave the tea leaves. Do not swallow whole beans with a large gulp.
Contains soy, sesame and caffeine. Ginger is pungent and beans may remain firm; check additional ingredients and temperature.
Ginger treatment and quantities differ by household. This sesame-and-soybean version is an infusion, not the paste-ground leicha drink.
Know what you’re trying.
Crush salt-cured ginger, roast soybeans and sesame, combine with green tea and hot water, then adjust the salt. Ginger treatment and quantities differ by household. This sesame-and-soybean version is an infusion, not the paste-ground leicha drink.
Ingredients
Green tea, ginger, salt, roasted soybeans, sesame and water.
Origin & regional roots
Hunan
Associated with Hunan.
About this regional connection
Hunan: Dongting Lake household hospitality, including Yuanjiang/Nanxian/Datonghu; not exclusive to one town.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有姜盐豆子茶吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Ginger-salt soybean tea
This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.
Around Dongting Lake, families serve this tea to visitors and neighbours. Its combination of tea with familiar farm ingredients makes it both a drink and something to nibble while talking.