Pronunciation
English Name

eight treasures tea

Cantonese (Traditional)

八寶茶

Simplified Chinese

八宝茶

Mandarin (Pinyin)

bā bǎo chá


Yale Romanization

baat bóu chàh

Character Breakdown

八寶 is eight treasure ( is eight and is treasure). is tea, so 八寶茶 is eight treasure tea.

eight treasures tea
About This Dish

An herbal tea (although sometimes it contains green tea) consisting of eight ingredients which may vary (and sometimes it's not exactly eight, but eight is a lucky number). A typical assortment includes rock sugar, goji berries, red dates, green tea, chrysanthemum, longan, ginseng...

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baat bóu chàh