Chilled sour plum soup

Overview

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: If the plums are half-yellow if they are actually picked, they will be called black plums if smoked. It can remove heat and cool down, relieve pain, and even cure coughs, cholera, and dysentery. The mythical novel "The Legend of the White Snake" contains a story about how black plum can ward off epidemics. This decoction can eliminate food and harmonize the body, promote qi and dissipate stasis, produce fluid and quench thirst, converge lung qi, relieve troubles and calm the mind. Drinking it regularly can indeed cure diseases and strengthen the body. It is a rare health drink in hot summer.

Tags

• drinks
• old man
• afternoon tea
• black plum
• chenpi
• dried mint leaves
• dried mulberries
• dried roselle flowers
• dried roses
• hawthorn
• licorice
• purified water
• rock sugar
• schisandra

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare all the ingredients, among which hawthorn, ebony plum, licorice, and rock sugar are necessary. The other ingredients are to increase the layering of the flavor of the ebony soup. If you find it troublesome, you can reduce it appropriately.

   

2. 2 Soak ingredients except mint leaves and rock sugar for 1-2 hours, no more than 2 hours.

   

3. 3 Add the soaked ingredients to 2500ml of clean water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the dried mint leaves in the last 5 minutes (if it is fresh mint, please add it before turning off the heat, no need to cook anymore)

   

4. 4 After it cools down, add 100-150g of rock sugar. If it’s hot, add rock sugar. No matter how much you add, it won’t be sweet! Remember!