Almond tea is a civil court passed a snack. It selects purified almond powder based materials, with a large copper pot dragon fired boiling water system, together with almond, peanut, sesame, rose, osmanthus, raisins, medlar, cherry, ten kinds of sugar and other condiments. Beautiful color, pure flavor, is a longevity tonic to share.

Muslims who are selling old, is one of the early old Beijing. "Morning City restaurants downtown hubbub, lungs and fluid taste also on credit. Bowl of nectar really palatable, sweet almond Moby." ( "Bridge Zayong"). Hawker Sell knows the weight almond and bean paste, each of the two one pot. The following raw coal stove, set above a cylindrical round pot, outside wrap thermal insulation bamboo skin, and the skin pattern bordered brass, very clean appearance, people see a shine. Beijing in the past hawker food and containers, very particular aesthetic, always try to make it look clean and beautiful, but also force stresses quality goods to favorable conditions for competition, which is characteristic of Beijing hawkers.

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Wei Junyi writer wrote "Memories of Old Beijing as soon as possible", referring to the almond tea, he said: "It is almond tea pot boil now, hot and thick, there is also a little sweet-scented osmanthus and we now buy plastic bags. install yourself a drink of almond cream, but a big difference, not how rushed the taste. "

Old Beijing Xing drink sweet syrup breakfast porridge, almond tea later, the emergence of milk (then called bean paste) the later, the latter two generally sell together, early morning streets often hear "milk porridge boil, almond tea shout!" System Shandong sell more for people, often almond tea was sold out, but also left half pot of milk.

almond historical allusions

Almond tea, also known as almond or apricot cheese cheese, early Qing Zhu Yizun "food Constitution Hong secret" "apricot cheese": "Capital sweet almond with hot water, add a pinch of ashes, into the water, Hou cold, that is pinching peeled, with rinse with water, and then the amount of water, such as tofu mill grinding method with water. silk bags with juice to the residue to adjust the juice, cooked, such as sugar, cream hot taste. add or amount of milk can. "Late Qing Xue Baochen "said the little vegetarian" has a similar description: "glutinous rice soaked, dig pole pieces, add peeled bitter almonds number, with fine dig, to slag cooked, sweetened food."

In the fifty-fourth back "Dream of Red Mansions" in such a detail: in the night of the Lantern Festival, when everyone is ready to see the fireworks, Grandmother Jia suddenly feel hungry belly, then quickly called on Wang Xifeng had prepared supper list, this long list, the old lady was not the same as their preference, and finally Grandmother Jia unexpectedly chose almond tea - this road common and ordinary dessert, it is clear that Grandmother Jia almond tea drinkers.

Ancient Chinese records, court prevailed with almond beauty, say early in the Spring and Autumn Period, the daughter of Mu Gong Zheng Xia Ji on eating almonds, is said to live more than 100 years old, and when they die, Yen color is not bad. We are more familiar with Yang, she likes in a Yang too real ruby ​​cream, rub the surface of this "ruby cream", with almonds plus light powder, talc, etc. made for beauty, it is said to rub some after time, it will pale jade moist and red, the effect is very good. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, many, many palace concubines agree that eating almonds can increase the body's own flavor, odor removal, so ladies, wives, like to do tea with almonds.

almond tea production methods

Ingredients: almond flour (250 g), eggs (2), milk (half bowl)

Seasoning: sugar

practice:

1, a clean bowl preparation, was poured into a half bowl almond powder, dried milk to dilute it.

2, an alternative an empty bowl, the 2 eggs beaten egg, a little oil is added, stirring gently the bubbles, the standby.

3, boiling a pot of water, into the amount of boiled sugar Bingtang Shui.

4, the almond has been dilute aqueous slowly into the pot, and Bing Tangshui stirred together into a paste.

5, nearly instant when the almond tea, slowly pour some cold water to make a thick almond tea not too dry.

6, to be re-boil almond, pour off the heat has been transferred before the egg was stirred uniformly. 　

7. Pour the cooked almond tea in bowl, sprinkle with a little black sesame seeds before drink, taste better. 　　

Points to note

1, conditions permitting, can be added to a small amount of steamed rotten chopped peanuts on almond tea, sweet-scented osmanthus petals and red dates, the taste will be richer. 　　

2, egg transfer time plus a little oil, almond can make a more creamy mouthfeel. 　

3, note that the almond tea to drink hot, cold to drink no flavor.

4, a one-time drinking almond tea can not drink too much, because this snack itself taste sweeter, eat a lot of greasy, you can not bowl, can only use a small bowl and slowly sip.