Lei Cha (Pounded Tea)
Grind tea leaves, mature ginger, sesame, and rice with salt into a fine powder, mix with hot water, and serve with assorted tea snacks such as fried rice, fried beans, and pickled vegetables.
Ingredients
tea leaves
to taste
old ginger
to taste
sesame seeds
to taste
rice
to taste
salt
to taste
fried rice
to taste
fried soybeans
to taste
fried mung beans
to taste
fried corn
to taste
fried peanuts
to taste
sand-fried sweet potato slices
to taste
fried rice crust
to taste
pickled vegetables
to taste
spicy pickled shallots
to taste
Instructions
1
Pounding
Combine the tea leaves, old ginger, sesame seeds, and rice in a mortar with salt, then grind with a hardwood pestle into a fine powder.
2
Brewing
Pour boiling water over the ground powder to make lei cha.
3
Serving
When eating lei cha, set out more than a dozen small plates filled with fried rice, fried soybeans, fried mung beans, fried corn, fried peanuts, sand-fried sweet potato slices, fried rice crust, pickled vegetables, and spicy pickled shallots... sip the tea and enjoy the snacks alongside.
