If Hanoi has iced tea, Saigon has lemon tea, then coming to Hai Phong, visitors will not fail to be impressed with chrysanthemum tea. Although it is unclear when chrysanthemum tea appeared in Port City, this drink has become a “specialty” loved by people here, regardless of whether they are old or young. Many people even commented that in Hai Phong This tea is more popular than coffee.
As the name suggests, chrysanthemum tea is prepared from simple ingredients including chrysanthemum tea and licorice. Although not sophisticated in terms of ingredients Each ingredient is carefully selected to make delicious cups of chrysanthemum tea.
This tea can also be enjoyed hot or cold depending on customer needs. Hot chrysanthemum tea is usually drunk immediately after steeping for about 5-10 minutes, while iced chrysanthemum tea must be brewed about more than 2 hours in advance and waiting to cool so that when adding ice to the tea it does not dilute but still retains the flavor.
Delicious chrysanthemum tea has a yellow-brown color and a mouth-watering aroma. Connoisseurs will immediately recognize the slightly sweet and bitter taste on the tip of the tongue, but the elegance of chrysanthemum and the fragrant sweetness of licorice slices mixed with the mild astringency of Thai Nguyen tea.
To enhance the flavor of chrysanthemum tea, people also add thinly sliced and sour kumquat slices and drop them into the tea while it is still warm. People who are not used to enjoying chrysanthemum tea for the first time may find it difficult to drink, but after trying it, they will see the sweet aftertaste of the tea linger on the tip of the tongue.
Each cup of chrysanthemum tea costs about 15,000 – 20,000 VND with a variety of flavors for customers to choose from, such as unsweetened chrysanthemum tea, sweet and sour tea, more sour chrysanthemum tea, unsweetened chrysanthemum tea, unsweetened chrysanthemum tea…
Not only is it a simple, delicious drink, but tea Chrysanthemum is also very useful in protecting and enhancing health. According to Oriental medicine, chrysanthemum has a slightly bitter sweet taste and cooling properties, has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, detoxifying, cooling the liver, brightening the eyes.
In addition, chrysanthemum is also very good for people with high blood pressure. or have symptoms of insomnia, hot, irritable, mentally stressed, hot-tempered, irritable, difficult to concentrate… Therefore, drinking chrysanthemum tea regularly is also considered a natural “medicine” to treat many diseases. disease of the body.
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