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Gannan Leicha (Hakka Pounded Tea)
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The Gannan Hakka way of making leicha was added to China's national intangible heritage list in 2014, and a line of Southern Song verse already mentions grinding sesame for a guest's tea.
Tea leaves are ground to a paste in a ridged earthenware bowl with a wooden pestle, along with ingredients such as sesame and peanuts. Boiling water is poured in, a little tea-seed oil is added, and it is stirred into a thick, savory, amber-colored brew.
Why it's made this way: The Hakka of southern Jiangxi (Gannan) are one of the main keepers of this tradition, and the Gannan version is the one inscribed as national heritage.
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