There were no special refreshments in the Tang dynasty, but there were many snacks and foods used to match tea, and people in the Tang dynasty would match different tastes and different kinds of foods when drinking different teas.

1. Zongzi

Zongzi has been used as a food for a long time in China. The original zongzi was made to commemorate Qu Yuan's throwing himself into the river. As early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, zongzi was popular among the people with tea. The same is true of people in the Tang Dynasty, who have followed the habit of drinking tea and eating zongzi since the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Tang Xuanzong once said: "Flowers compete for four seasons, and nine jiaozi compete for novelty." However, at that time, people did not regard Zongzi as a snack in leisure time, but regarded it as a food that can satisfy the stomach.

2. Gu Lou Zi

Drum tower is actually a kind of western-style Hu cake, most of which is regarded as tea by Tang people, and drum tower is a more common one. The so-called Gu Lou Zi is to stack the mutton and the prepared pie layer by layer, brush the prepared green pepper and lobster sauce, and then bake it in the oven until the mutton is half cooked. This kind of Gu Lou Zi is fragrant but not greasy. When making tea, you only need to cut the cake into small pieces. However, because its main raw material is mutton, ordinary people can't afford it, so Gu Lou Zi is basically a snack that nobles will match when drinking tea.

In addition, people in the Tang Dynasty ate snacks with different tastes when drinking different teas.

Longjing 1

Longjing is a kind of green tea, its fragrance can relieve boredom, so it is especially suitable for dry and greasy refreshments, such as dried fruits and meatballs. Dried fruit refers to walnuts, almonds and other foods, including melon seeds.