At the table
Drink the strained liquid; do not swallow the fibrous herbs. Ask whether it is already sweetened before ordering less sugar.
The selected plant, water and rock-sugar recipe is vegan and vegetarian. Other blends need checking; no caffeine-free or health guarantee follows from the name.
Qingcao is a family of herbal drinks with different blends. This simple version uses fish mint; other sellers use different herbs.
Know what you’re trying.
- Specification
- Rinse dried fish mint, simmer in water, strain and dissolve rock sugar in the liquid. Cool for chilled serving. Qingcao is a family of herbal drinks with different blends. This simple version uses fish mint; other sellers use different herbs.
Ingredients
Dried fish-mint herb, water, rock sugar.
Origin & regional roots
Taiwan
Associated with Taiwan.
About this regional connection
Taiwan: Taiwan summer herbal drinks; Hakka/Minnan use.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有台湾青草茶吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Qingcao herbal drink
This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.
Herbal-drink carts feature in Taiwan's summer street-food history. Fish mint is also boiled into qingcao drinks in Hakka and Minnan households, either alone or in blends.