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China: Drinks

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Drinks from China: recognise green tea, oolong, pu'er tea, jasmine tea, baijiu, bubble tea, rice wine, soy milk, Tsingtao and chrysanthemum tea. Good to know: An unfermented tea, drunk in China for millennia. Longjing is one of the most famous varieties. A partly fermented tea between green and black. The name means ‘black dragon’. A dark, aged tea from Yunnan. Like wine, it can age for years. Green tea scented with jasmine blossoms. The blossoms give it a floral aroma. A high-proof spirit, usually from sorghum. It is the most-drunk spirit in the world. Sweetened tea with milk and tapioca pearls. It comes from Taiwan. A yellowish wine of fermented rice (huangjiu). It is often drunk slightly warmed. A milky drink from soybeans, often for breakfast. It is classically eaten with youtiao. China's best-known beer, from Qingdao. The brewery was founded in 1903 by German and British settlers. A flower tea from dried chrysanthemums. It is seen as cooling and is often sweetened. And it is exactly such details that truly bring a subject to life.

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Green tea

An unfermented tea, drunk in China for millennia.

💡 Did you know? Longjing is one of the most famous varieties.

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Oolong

A partly fermented tea between green and black.

💡 Did you know? The name means ‘black dragon’.

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Pu'er tea

A dark, aged tea from Yunnan.

💡 Did you know? Like wine, it can age for years.

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Jasmine tea

Green tea scented with jasmine blossoms.

💡 Did you know? The blossoms give it a floral aroma.

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Baijiu

A high-proof spirit, usually from sorghum.

💡 Did you know? It is the most-drunk spirit in the world.

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