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Vietnamese tea culture, while lacking the flashy appearance of Chinese tea or the strict formalities of the Japanese tea ceremony, possesses its own unique characteristics that no other country has. One of the unique features of Vietnamese tea culture is the snacks paired with tea.
Therefore, it is said that when enjoying tea, one does not drink tea alone, but must have accompaniments; both to enhance the tea's aroma and as a nibbling pleasure that brings joy. This elegant pastime has followed the art of tea appreciation for generations, becoming increasingly diverse.
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Mung bean cake
Mung bean cake is a snack that many people love. This is a type of cake with a very attractive flavor that just smelling it is enough to make people passionate. When placing a piece of cake in the mouth, we will feel a subtle sweetness that no other cake has. Sipping a cup of hot tea, feeling each golden, fragrant, mildly sweet cake piece melting in the mouth, blending with the tea creates a truly irresistible flavor.
Mung bean cake is a snack that many people love
Green rice cake
For a long time, Com cake (green rice cake) has become a specialty of the people of Hanoi. Com cake is soft, chewy, sweet; rich in the aroma of young green rice, mung beans, and pandan leaves. If paired with green tea or white tea to enjoy, there is truly nothing better.
For a long time, Com cake has become a specialty of the people of Hanoi
Mooncake, Cha cake
Mooncakes or Cha cakes are all types of cakes that carry the flavor of the Mid-Autumn Festival – the season when people gaze at the moon and enjoy tea. Traditional Vietnamese mooncakes include 2 types: baked mooncakes and sticky rice mooncakes. The filling usually includes mung bean (or lotus seed) or mixed filling (with candied winter melon, sugar-marinated pork fat, ham, sausage, lime leaves, etc.) with a characteristic round box shape.
Cha cake is made quite similarly to baked mooncake because the filling and baking method are the same. It only differs in that the crust is rolled thinly, wrapped around the filling like rolling a spring roll, then cut diagonally into small pieces before being baked.
Cha cake is made quite similarly to baked mooncake because the filling and baking method are the same
And during the Mid-Autumn Festival moon-watching feast, the two types of cakes are brought out to be eaten together, alongside cups of steaming fragrant tea. The cup of tea will soothe the intense sweetness of the cake, just as the piece of cake will make the cup of tea more flavorful.
Peanut candy
A traditional candy that goes very well with tea is peanut brittle (keo lac). The crispy peanut brittle bar has a nutty, fatty, and fragrant taste of peanuts and sesame. Every bite delivers a mild, refreshing sweetness of sugar and malt. Therefore, even though traditional confectionery is gradually losing its position before the flood of foreign candies, peanut brittle still has its own standing, still appearing from sidewalk stalls to family living rooms.
A traditional candy that goes very well with tea is peanut brittle
Children eat peanut brittle alone because it is crunchy and sweet; while adults use peanut brittle to enjoy tea to feel the amazing harmony of this rustic duo. The sharpness of the candy bar suppresses the harsh bitterness of the tea, and that bitterness helps soothe the sharp sweetness of the molasses, making this pair incredibly compatible. Especially in the cold winter weather of the Northern region, enjoying Bao Minh peanut brittle during that time is truly wonderful.
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