The first city of Chinese snacks actually hides the honey scented tea that has been gnawed by insect

Mondo Gastronomy Updated on 2024-01-31

Shaxian snacks, the once smash hit street fast food emperor.

Whether you like the strong taste of peanut butter, or whether you like the crispy oil of fried wontons, it is difficult to give a bad review in the face of the extreme cost performance of Shaxian snacks at the beginning of "one yuan into the store, two yuan is full". As for whether it tastes good or not, it is completely up to everyone, some people think that it is a "necessary for battery life" for cost-effective workers, and some people will always remember the smooth and fresh fragrance of the first bowl of southern wontons.

The "light of workers" in the food industry, fried noodles and fried rice can be renewed for free.

To this day,You may not know where Shaxian is, but you have most likely seen Shaxian snacks in a corner of the city。A small storefront, with classic red and yellow signboards and snack menus that are enough to cover half of the wall, whether it is a night migrant worker in a first-tier city, or a young man in a small town in the question, Shaxian snacks are all treated equally, and a hot meal is served with a dozen yuan of **.

In the era when the new fast food and takeaway were not yet developed,Wontons, steamed dumplings, stewed soup, fragrant noodlesIt is the common memory of a generation of "people who are waiting to succeed". As the regional information gap was broken, gradually everyone began to know that there were no wontons in Shaxian County (the only local name isFlat meatEven the administrative division of Shangsha County is not a county, butShaxian District

Today, Shaxian snacks have been integrated into the "popular elements" of various places

And the location of Shaxian District, the real hometown of Shaxian snacks isFujian Sanming

At first glance, it is often difficult for outsiders to establish a sense of reality except for Shaxian snacks. However, for senior tea lovers, Sanming, as an ecological tea producing area with many mountains and rivers, is not unfamiliar, not only ranking in the province in terms of tea productionFourth, which achieves mass productionOta beauty tea, but also with high cost performance, and Taiwan Oriental Beauty Tea has formed a beautiful situation of "beauty and beauty".

Every drink and food is life.

Sanming, a city that cannot be labeled

Sanming is located in the northwest corner of central FujianWuyi MountainwithDaiyun Mountainsbetween, the peaks and peaks in the domain are towering, and the low hills are undulatingShaxi, Jinxi, YouxiFlowing through here, the water network is intertwined, which is completely suitable for Fujian"Eight mountains, one water and one field".Topographical features. Not only is the land farming conditions difficult, Sanming is also one of the only three cities in Fujian that is not close to the sea, the lack of marine resources, the food rarely involves seafood, and the economic development is average, so that Sanming rarely appears in the field of vision of outsiders.

In 2022, Sanming City won the title of "Green Capital" in China.

However, it is this "little transparent" that seems to have no sense of existence, but it has the most diverse cultural elements in the land of Fujian. Since the fifties of the last century, Sanyuan and Mingxi County merged to call Sanming County, to 1960 the provincial jurisdiction of Sanming City was established, the administrative division gradually includes:Western FujianQingliu, Ninghua, Yong'an,Southern FujianDaejeon,MindongYouxi, Shaxian,Northern FujianJianning, Taining and other districts and counties with different customs. That isThe origin of the Min peopleAgainHakka ancestral land, andQingshui She Township。Therefore, even if they are Sanming locals, when asked about the representative things of Sanming, they will definitely add a sentence cautiously: "This is the case in our places (districts, counties, and towns), but it is not clear in other places." ”

Datian County is located in central Fujian Province and is rich in alpine ecological resources.

Sanming is a city that cannot be labeled. Speaking of history, it is mentioned in "There is Zhoukoudian in the north and Wanshouyan in the south".Wanshou Rock RuinsLocation;Speaking of ecology, it has the largest in the world at the momentNatural forest area of C. gratdei;Speaking of nature, it has more than 1,700 hectaresKowloon Bamboo SeaNational Forest Park;Speaking of popularity, it has come out of the first place in the countryShaxian snacks。But when you want to use one of these to represent Sanming, the locals will wave their hands and tell you that this is not enough, you have to look again.

Youxi Terraces and Yongan Stone Forest.

Wait until you see itNinghua Stone Wall, Yongan Taoyuan Cave, Jianning Four Seasons Flowers and Fruits, Eight Dry ...... in Western FujianYou only found out that you can't finish the treasure hidden in Sanming, and the same situation still exists in Sanming tea. Sanming, the mountains and rivers are good,Farming is not easy, but it isExcellent alpine tea producing area

Academician Chen Zongmao once commented.

Daejeon is a high mountain tea area, the quality is good, and the prospect of high mountain tea is very good. ”

Sanming has a history of tea production for thousands of years, and all counties have famous tea outputs:Youxi black tea, Taining rock tea, Ninghua Kongkeng tea, Shaxian Hongbian tea, Mingxi Jinlan tea, ......Each is wonderful in its own way. The reputation is not obvious, just because I accidentally bumped into Fujian, the first major province of Chinese tea, and encounteredWuyi Rock Tea, Anxi Tieguanyin, Fuding White Tea, Zhenghe White Tea, Zhengshan Small Seed, Fuzhou JasmineWaiting for a group of celestial prides in the tea industry, Sanming people had to keep a low profile for the time being.

Oolong tea, black tea, white tea, and jasmine tea all originate from Fujian.

That's right, just a low-key one for the time being.

Sitting on the advantages of excellent alpine ecological resources, Sanming people who want to dare to fight naturally want to build their ownTea business card

Ota beauty teaIt is an important achievement of Sanming people's efforts.

Beauty tea, Baihao oolong, also known as puffy tea.

Legend has it that at the beginning of the last century, there was a tea plantation of tea farmers in TaiwanSmall green leafhopperFlooded, because reluctant to directly discard the insect-plagued tea, so pressedOolong tea processThe tea was processed, but I didn't expect the rescued tea to be sold in the Taipei Tea Fighting Competition. Since then,Oriental Beauty Tea(a so-called "puffed tea") was an instant hit, and due to the production limit, it is often difficult to find. The development of Oriental Beauty Tea outside the island has become an inevitable trend. On the other side of the strait, Sanming Daejeon, which happens to belong to Gaoshan County, whichThere are 175 peaks above 1,000 meters above sea levelThe altitude and ecological environment are similar to those of Taiwan's alpine tea plantations, which are suitable for the survival of small green leafhoppers. In addition to the natural conditions, the tea industry in Daejeon County beganSong Dynasty, the local tea production, traditional tea-making skills have a good foundationIn 1999, Daejeon officially introduced Oriental Beauty Tea

Daejeon was awarded the "Hometown of Chinese High Mountain Tea".

After more than 20 years of hard work by Daejeon people, Daejeon Beauty Tea has gradually become a business card of local alpine tea, which was formulated and released in 2021Daejeon Beauty Tea Product StandardIt provides an important basis for the industrialization development of Daejeon beauty tea. At present, the annual output of beauty tea in Datian County has reached4200 tons, accounting for the national beauty tea production

There are countless famous teas in Fujian, but the beauties are only in the mountains

The name of the teaBeautyIt's hard not to arouse people's curiosity about what kind of taste can be matched with the title of beauty. Originally originated in TaiwanOriental Beauty TeaJust listening to the name evokes people's infinite reverie, and a detailed understanding of the production process can make many tea lovers amazed. Beauty tea comes with itFruity honey, in the elegant and upright tea universe, it claims to be a faction, and the secret that beauty tea uniquely reminds of is actually related to insects.

The small green leafhopper, also known as the "floating dust".

Tea lovers in the insect world,Small green leafhopperI like to suck the sap of young tea leaves, and when I encounter a tea garden with high quality and taste, I will call friends and gather in large numbers. Small insects with almost the same color as the young leaves of the tea tree are not obvious to the naked eye alone, but the tea tree that has been sucked by the sap will turn red, and the buds and leaves will be forced to turn on the defense mechanism and secrete it at the woundHydrolase enzymes, syntheticTerpene alcoholsto attract small green leafhopper predators.

Whether the self-rescue action of the tea tree has been successful or not is another matter, the "pest-infested" tea green has been processed by a specific process and transformed into a uniqueAmbergrisIt becomes the taste peculiar to beauty tea.

The small green leafhopper sucks the buds and leaves, which is the key to obtaining the raw materials of beauty tea.

Now that you know the principle, it is not impossible to reproduce the growth environment of beauty tea. First of all, choose the small green leafhopper with fewer natural enemiesHigh altitude;Secondly, in the process of growthNo pesticidesand other chemical agents;Finally, try to beNo cutting down trees or weedsto create a suitable "rest area" for the small green leafhopper.

There is a local saying that "people make half of it, and insects make half of it".

The secret of Daejeon's cultivation of beauty tea is hereAlpine, this small county town located on the west side of Daiyun Mountain, to"Nine mountains, half water, half fields".The extreme geographical conditions, happy to mention"Rock Castle".Another name, mountain cultivation is not easy, but it is suitable for the growth of tea trees. Back inDuring the Northern Song DynastyThe monks of Puzhaotang in Yangchun Village began to grow tea in the local area, and the history of local tea planting and tea making has been nearly 1,000 years, but the production of beauty tea has been a matter of the last 20 years.

Daejeon tea affair, since the Northern Song Dynasty.

Daejeon beauty tea is a series of Taiwanese oriental beauty teaIt was initially introduced by the first Taiwan-funded tea company to enter Daejeon. At that time, Taiwan's Oriental Beauty Tea had already become famous in the world tea circle, and because the output was not high and the production was high, it was difficult for mainland tea lovers to buy high-quality Oriental Beauty Tea. AsFujian people who engrave the pursuit of good tea in their genes, naturally will not give up the opportunity to make their own beauty tea. Although the Oriental beauty is good, but the Daejeon beauty is definitely not lost, it only took 20 years for the tea lovers to achieve the total output of beauty tea seventy percent, making Daejeon a leap to become"The Hometown of Chinese Beauty Tea".

Daejeon Beauty Tea not only introduces Taiwanese tea-making technology.

It is also blessed with profound local tea-making skills.

Fujian is known for"Tea fighting".The love for good tea is often embodied in the annual tea king selection. per yearDaejeon Beauty Tea FightRelying on the "Tea Sensory Evaluation Method", "Beauty Tea" standard and "Daejeon Beauty Tea" standard, the tea is comprehensively evaluated from the shape, leaf bottom, aroma and taste. Among them, to be ratedYamei people, need honey rhyme, floral fragrance, mellow taste, supple, honey taste;To be ratedFor noble beauties, they need to be fragrant with fruit honey, mellow, sweet, and honey.

The fruity honey flavor unique to beauty tea.

Loved by tea people.

In Yong'an, feel the B-side of Sanming cuisine

Where there is good tea, food is naturally indispensable. However, Sanming cuisine is a slightly general "pseudo" concept in the eyes of locals. There is no other reason, mainly because it is well known to diners from other placesShaxian snacks, or a local gourmand said it casuallyYong'an Kway Teow, Youxi Big Noodles, Datian Big Bone, Hakka Cuisine in Mingxi, and Fish in Taining Dajin LakeWithout exception, they are the pride of all counties, and it is certainly no problem to say that it is Sanming cuisine, but the actual style and taste are different, and no one is willing to serve anyone.

Fish at Tae-Ninh Dajin Lake.

"Ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs".The folk proverb is vividly reflected in Sanming, taking the dialect as an example: the local Hakka dialect, the Min and Jiangxi dialects, the Shaojiang dialect, the Min Chinese dialect and other dialects coexist, and the locals jokingly said that if you have to "recommend" the Sanming local dialect, it is likely that Mandarin will be elected. If it is said to be eclectic, fast and economicalShaxian snacksIt's a side of Sanming cuisine;Then you don't get tired of eating, and you don't get tired of being fineYongan snacksIt's Sanming Gourmet B Side.

Glutinous rice cakes. The first to come out wasYongan simmered tofu, also known locally as "hot tofu", don't be fooled by the name of the dish and think that it is just a simple tofu heating. Yongan simmered tofu is strictly enforcedRely on the mountain to eat the mountainPrinciple, when cooking tofu in an iron pot, addFlounder, pig's feet, pork ribs, dried leeches, etcAll kinds of accessories, simmer for a long time with charcoal fire, boil the original smooth and delicate tofu into a honeycomb shape, cut it into small pieces while it is hot, dip it in the pre-adjusted dipping sauce to eat, and eat the tofu out of a mouthful of fresh fragrance.

The mountains and rivers are willing to match the tofu.

If simmering tofu is the magic stroke of Yongan people, thenYongan live meatIt is the master of the food that never gets tired of eating. The word "live meat", which is very easy to make outsiders have violent associations, actually refers toThe muscles of the pig's face near the upper lip, the pig's head is dismantled so finely, just to find the part where the pig moves the most and the meat is the most delicious.

Each pig only produces a small amount of high-quality ingredients, and the cooking method is indeed the simplestRaw scalding。Heat is the essence of live meat, and just the right amount of cooking time can reduce the loss of juice and prevent it from getting caught in the meatYong'an local yellow pepper with light soy sauce dipping, slightly spicy and stimulating, excellent taste.

Yong'an live meat, a representative who never tires of being fine.

The finaleYongan kuay teow, the raw materials are the same as all over South China, the rice is ground and steamed in the pot, and the Yongan people can be described as brain-opening in terms of how to eat: in addition to the common onesSoup kueh, fried kueh;Yongan also rolls kuay teow into a cylindrical shape and cuts it into pieces to dip in sauceForked kueh;It looks like a dumpling and has a sweet or salty fillingRice cake;The shape is quite similar to Italian lasagna, and it is made with meat foam, green onions, shiitake mushrooms and other ingredients, which means that it will last for a long timeNine-layer kueh……When you come to Yong'an, food is no longer emphasized as convenient and fast, and it is always worth putting more effort into deliciousness.

Kueh, the C overlord of Yong'an table.

The richness of Sanming can never be explained in a few words, whenever you feel that you have a glimpse of one of them, you will turn around and there will be a new scenery. This is the charm of Sanming, for Sanming people: tea is a must, but what tea to drink is as you like;Food must not be missing, but what is food is up to you. Diversity, freedom, and tolerance, only roll yourself and not force othersIt is the life philosophy of Sanming people that has been inherited for thousands of years.

Have a full meal and stroll through the streets of the ancient city.

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