Jingxian Qin fish cha

Jingxian Qinyu Tea is a specialty of Jingxian County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. The entrance of Jingxian Qinyu tea is fragrant and mellow, refreshing; Drink tea soup, and then eat the Qin fish in your mouth. It is fresh, fragrant, salty and sweet, and has a unique flavor. "Qinyu Tea" is popular in Jingxian County, southern Anhui Province. It is a good tea with unique flavor, and it is named after being made of Qinyu. Dried harp fish is as big as a sea dragon, but slightly fatter. It has a narrow fin and a curved body, and its appearance is not surprising. When it is alive, it is a tiger's head and a phoenix's tail, heavy lips and cheeks, and a beautiful silvery white fine scale. Qinyu is only produced in Qinxi, north of Jingxian County. It grows in natural mountain streams and usually hides in crevices. It didn't appear for more than ten days before and after Qingming Festival. The good growth environment made Qinyu of high quality, and it has been regarded as a tribute since the Tang Dynasty. According to textual research, Qin fish belongs to Ctenopharyngodon goby, which belongs to the same category as Lushan stone fish. Qin fish can be eaten with food, soup and soup. It is not only delicious, but also has the effect of detoxification and health. It was a tribute as early as the Tang Dynasty. But I don't know when the local people stopped cooking Qin fish, but made it into a unique "Qin fish tea". In the spring of March, when the willow is green and the peach is red, the local people use special fishing tools such as triangular nets to pick up the Qin fish, put the fish into boiling water with spices such as tea, cinnamon, fennel, sugar and salt while it is fresh, cook it, put it on the plaque to dry and dehumidify, and then dry it to orange with charcoal fire to become dried Qin fish with unique flavor. If it is stored in a sealed way, it will not deform for several months. Qinyu tea is slightly tea-flavored, with faint fishy smell, salty taste and umami taste, which makes it have a unique flavor. With the brewing of boiling water, a green mist will immediately rise in the cup; In a short while, the Qin fish in the clear tea soup is like "coming back from the dead". They are lifelike and full of interest, with their heads up and tails down, their mouths slightly open and their eyes wide open, swaying and swimming in the cup. At this time, the tea soup of "Qin Fish Tea" is fresh, fragrant and sweet, which makes people memorable ... After drinking the tea soup, you can put the dried fish in your mouth and chew it carefully. Its meat is tender, tender, salty and sweet, delicious and refreshing. Therefore, there is a saying in Jingxian county about qinyu and qinyu tea: serving on the table is a rare dish in the plate, and tasting tea is a good product in tea.
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