Wuzhi Oil Tea,Tea for Porridge
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Liu Bang(founding emperor of Han Dynasty)once composed a poem,”Fine dishes derived from Wude,surpass the feast in Palace.”Liu Bang sighed that the oil tea of Henan even transcended the grand banquet in Palace.History had it that Liu Bang was forced to stay in Wude County when he was wounded in the Competition between Chu and Han in 206 BC.He dwelled in a Lv’s family who attended him carefully and fed him with Gaotang like tea,making him restored in three months.Liu Bang was thinking about rewarding Lv for his lite- saving grace after Liu took the throne.Meanwhile,he was eager to have the tasty Gaotang again.Then he decided to call Lv in Palace and conferred him the oil tea taster of the fifth grade.And oil tea was titled as imperial food.
So the oil tea is spread till now.With the improvement of traditional technology and manufacturing methods,oil tea adopted a more convenient package and cxpanded its market.Previously,students who studied in Britain and France sold Oll tea with a pot(a ware covered with quilt to keep the oil tea warm in it and was “uch larger than the usual tea pot)at the streets of London and Paris to support tnemselves.The oil tea was welcomed by the local because of its nice flavor.So far, Some Chinese lived in Paris still regard oil tea as first-rate soup.
