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In the hot summer, it is a wonderful thing to have a bottle of cool drink. But nowadays, drinks generally contain additives - I remember that the old Suzhou people used to add flowers to drinks, which was truly natural.

The first drink is, of course, tea. Suzhou is rich in tea, and the so-called "tea brings out the fragrance of flowers to improve the taste of tea" is scented tea, also known as scented tea and smoked tea. Flowers in tea not only add to the fragrance of tea, but also make people feel refreshed after drinking. Among the flowers in Huqiu, the most famous are jasmine, pearl orchid and daisy flower. Suzhou people often use these three flowers to scent tea, so they are generally called "tea flowers". The most famous is jasmine tea, the tea soup is yellow-green and clear, the fragrance is fresh and fresh, and the tea taste is mellow and fragrant. According to historical records, Suzhou has planted jasmine in the Song Dynasty and used it as a raw material for making tea. The ancients had many ways to make jasmine tea. Picking fresh jasmine that is about to bloom but not yet bloomed and directly soaking it in tea is the easiest way. There are also people who make juice from flowers and pour a few drops of jasmine juice into the cup when drinking tea. In the past, Suzhou tea factories also scented magnolia tea, that is, white magnolia, which has thick petals and a strong and lasting fragrance. The scenting technology of white magnolia tea is different from that of jasmine tea. In addition to the smaller amount of flowers, fresh white magnolias must be spread out after entering the factory to dissipate heat and evaporate water to prevent the flower temperature from being too high, causing the fragrance to be lost and the flowers to turn red. After scenting white magnolia tea for 20 hours, it must be immediately boxed and sealed to prevent the fragrance from volatilizing and losing. There are also sweet osmanthus, rose, rose, cymbidium, lotus orange, gardenia, wood fragrance, plum blossom, chrysanthemum, etc., which can all be scented tea. And some flowers themselves can be used as tea ingredients, such as white chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, dogwood, etc., brewed with boiling water, which not only quenches thirst and refreshes the mind, but also has the medicinal effect of treating certain diseases.