What is yum cha?

yum cha is a culinary and family tradition in China known as drinking tea. The word yum cha translates into English as "drinking tea". Tradition can be ritualized, but is usually not very formal. yum cha is usually done and at the same time participates in dim sum . It is associated with Silk Road travelers in antiquity. It refers to an activity that may or may not be ritualized, depending on the specialists. Numerous Chinese families donate Sunday morning and afternoon drinking tea and usually spend this time with friends and family.

Although practitioners can drink tea themselves, in yum cha , tea consumption is almost always accompanied by Dim Dim, , , , , , , . It is prepared and served on small plates, bowls and steamboards. The food is usually bite and is interpreted in individual parts. Offer for dim sum is extensive and usually includes different forms of dumplings, steamed buns and other small meals such as roles, cakes andrice boards. Dumplings and bau can contain almost any kind of component.

It is assumed that

yum cha precedes dim sum and is assumed that it was created along the silk road in ancient China. Farmers and travelers would be exhausted after hard work and would look for a place for relaxation. Tea houses were built along the road to stay. Although the owners of the tea room were initially skeptical about a combination of food with a traditional drink, as soon as its positive effects on digestion were discovered, used Siturality and food next to tea.

There are specific customs and matters of etiquette that are observed during tea drinking. For example, an individual should not pour his tea first and should try to pour tea for other people sitting at the table. The first person to poured tea is usually thanked quietly with the finger Kowtow to which the drinker lighte taps or two or three fingers from the same hand to the table.

This practice is explained in the Chinese folktale about Emperor Qianlong. According to this story, the Emperor visited the Inkugnitus in South China with some companions on the tea room. To prevent his identity to be revealed to others, he poured tea for his fellow travelers. The partners were moved, but were not able to properly return the great honor the Emperor had just gave them. To show their recognition, the companions slightly bowed their heads and created a finger Kowtow.