Year: 2006
Sort: Traditional Handicrafts
Area: Guangdong Province, Hong Kong, Macau
Serial No.: Ⅷ-89
Declarer: Cultural Bureau of Guangdong Province, Civil Administration Bureau of Hong Kong, Cultural Bureau of Macau
Liang Cha, or cold tea, is a favorite drink for people in the Guangdong area, as well as Hong Kong and Macau. Known as herbal tea in Chinatowns and traditional Chinese medicine shops in western countries, it is a drink made with single or multiple local herbs and is used to drive away the heat and humidity from the body in summer, or to relieve sore throats in winter.