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Outstanding cuisine of The Ancient Capital - Taste of Hue Tea

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Hue tea is the quintessence of the ancient land cuisine. Hue royal tea has up to 36 types, each with its own taste, which cannot be mixed anywhere.

Anyone who has ever set foot in Hue without having heard of the special tea here. 36 royal tea dishes, including popular tea dishes must also be dozens of types, ethereal, luxurious, popular, rustic also. Each type of Hue tea has a distinct taste, creating a culinary bright spot of the ancient capital. Hue people eat sophisticated and sophisticated, so over time, they create more tea that is both strange and delicious but extremely nutritious. 




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Only from green beans, Hue people can make many excellent tea dishes. In addition to chickpeas, there are beans, planks, rhododendrons are also suitable ingredients for Hue tea. However, each bean has its own way of processing, which requires a lot of effort. 


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Hue tea is cooked in two styles: royalty and popular. Hue tea dishes with luxurious style can be mentioned lotus tea, millet tea, roast pork tea, long label tea, lotus-wrapped filter tea, chestnut bean tea,... Besides, the tea is popular, there is corn tea, table beans tea, red beans, green beans, taro tea, peanut-wrapped filter powder tea,.. 




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In order to enjoy the sweet and fragrant tea bowls of Hue, the processor must go through a lot of stages. From the stage of choosing ingredients, preparing spices, flavorings to starting to work must be very standard and thorough. Everyone has an esoteric recipe for poison tea, no one is like anyone else. But that's why it makes many different dishes with rich flavors. So that when looking at the transparent tea cups, attractive plasticity, that sweet taste will keep the guest from leaving the ancient capital.


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If the capital of Hanoi has 36 streets, the ancient capital of Hue impresses with 36 unique royal tea dishes. 


Lotus seed tea, lotus seed tea is a high bar tea, radio. Lotus seeds used to cook tea must be lotus grown in Pure Tam Lake. Peel the lotus seeds, steam them, then cook with white sand sugar water or clear alum sugar until boiling. When the lotus seeds have soaked up the sweetness, it is possible to north out of the kitchen. In order to get a good pot of tea, the cook must be on duty to watch so that the fire burns moderately, the hands stir gently, the time must also be watched just enough so that the lotus seeds are not old, not young. If you cook old, lotus seeds will lose their natural aroma. If cooked young, the lotus flavor will not shine.





Chestnut beans are a popular bean variety in Vietnam. But only the beans in Hue make the special cup of tea of the ancient capital. Even the name of the pea reminds us of a royal dish. The beans are scooped out into small cups, above the point of a few jasmine buds or fresh grapefruit flowers for beautiful and lightly fragrant.


Or purple potato tea is also very popular with diners thanks to the eye-catching color and sweetness. This tea is cooked from purple potatoes to get a natural purple color, then cook with coconut water and let it simmer until it is comparable. 


In addition, Hue also has roasted pork filter tea, which is considered a "unique" specialty that you must definitely try when visiting here. This salty tea is made from transparent filter powders wrapped in roasted meat and boiled with alum sugar, creating a salty sweetness alternating, both fat and chewy so extremely strange mouth. 




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Referring to filter powder, there is also a filter tea wrapped in coconut rice, peanuts with transparent round pellets that see through the inside, looking like pure pearls.


Hue tea is not only preferred by Hue people, but tourists come here, who have once enjoyed it, will not forget the characteristic taste of these teas. If you have the opportunity to come to Hue, you must definitely visit the famous tea shops to fully enjoy the great taste of this gift.


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