For a long time, tea has become a familiar drink, a cultural feature and a lifestyle of Vietnamese people. Enjoying tea is an art in which tea drinkers feel refreshed and delicious. Inhaling the seductive aroma, sipping a cup of sweet and bitter tea at the tip of the tongue, letting the taste gradually spread in the mouth is a happiness for tea drinkers.
In addition to teas made from leaves, there are also teas made from various flowers such as: Chrysanthemum tea, jasmine tea, lotus heart tea, butterfly pea flower tea... For the people of the South, there is also a type of tea. Tea made from flowers is very special, that is Hoa Mai tea.
Hoa Mai is a flower tree to play Tet of the Southern people, pick the petals of apricot flowers on the tree or collect all the fallen apricot flowers, sieve to remove all dust, wash the flowers thoroughly, dry them "ignorantly", then "star" up. (Roast the flower carcasses lightly on a hot pan for the flowers to dry and smell good) and then store them for use.
According to traditional medicine, apricot flower has a slightly bitter sweet taste, warm properties, and is non-toxic; has the use of solving the test of new life, aperitifs, and chemical talks; Commonly used to treat diseases such as high fever, chest tightness, cough, sore throat, burns, tuberculosis, loss of appetite, dizziness...
According to experience, Hoa Mai tea should only be mixed with 80 degrees boiling water and must be steeped in porcelain or glass pots, absolutely not in other types of pots. With the right temperature of boiling water, dried star apricot flowers will gently open their wings, and the yellow apricot petals rotating in the hot water will make the audience see the tea more interesting. With a porcelain or glass vase, apricot blossom tea will bring up the right aroma.
Guests come to the house to talk about stories, enjoy sips of fragrant tea with a gentle herbal aroma, a little bitter taste on the tip of the tongue but sweet for a long time, after taking another long sip, they feel refreshed and overflowing with emotions. full.
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