Sericultural Heritage of Zhenze: Mulberry Leaves and "Smoked-bean Tea"

Keywords: Zhenze, sericulture, silk, silkworm, mulberry, mulberry leaves, xundoucha, smoked-bean tea
May last year was the first time I saw tens of thousands of silkworms, the first time I tried xundoucha i.e. "smoked-bean tea" and the first time I had a beverage made from pieces of dried sticky rice cake and sugar. All these took place at my buddy's place in the countryside of Wujiang Dist. of Suzhou as shown in this video.
去年5月在好友挺哥的家里 (苏州震泽)，是我第一次看到成千上万的蚕，也是头一回尝到熏豆茶，以及糯米锅糍加砂糖冲热水，均是印象深刻。
Other than Zhenze, the above-mentioned xundoucha is also found in the nearby town of Qidu, and variously across the Hangzhou-Jiaxing-Huzhou region. Called hongdoucha in some places, ingredients also differ, for instance the addition of dried mandarin orange peel and seeds of a type of liana.
除了震泽之外，熏豆茶也盛行于附近的七都镇，乃至杭嘉湖区域，有的地方称之为烘豆茶。配料也不尽相同，熏豆自然是必备，除此之外还有陈皮、香苏子等。