Scented wine
Scented wine or Chinese scented wine is a Chinese wine drink made from white wine , possibly sugar , and osmanthus flowers as a flavoring ingredient. The Chinese name of this amber-colored drink is Guihua jiu ( Chinese 桂花 酒 , short 桂 酒 - "Osmanthus wine ") or Guihua chenjiu ( 桂花 陳酒 / 桂花 陈酒 , outdated Kuei Hua Chen Chiew ).
The intensely fragrant flowers of the sweet scented flower ( Osmanthus fragrans ) are used; this is a shrub or small tree from the olive family (Oleaceae) native to East Asia .
Web links
- Description (chinese)
- Description (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Small, Ernest - Top 100 Food Plants: (English) page 179 In: NRC Research Press (Ottawa), 2009, accessed on March 17, 2019 - online
- ↑ Flaws, Bob - Chinese Medicinal Wines & Elixers: (English) page 17 In: Blue Poppy (Boulder), 1994 - ISBN 0936185589 , accessed on March 17, 2019 - online
- ↑ 桂花 陳酒 っ て ど ん な お 酒？ 味 は？: (Japanese) [1] In: felice-kaori.com, accessed on March 17, 2019 - Online
- ↑ Detailed instructions for making scented wine, how to do it best - 桂花 酒 的 做法 詳解 ， 桂花 酒 怎麼 做 效果 好: (Chinese) [2] In: kknews.cc, accessed on March 17, 2019 - Online
- ↑ What is the use of scented wine making, are the fruits of the osmanthus edible - 桂花 果 泡酒 有 什麼 功效 ， 桂花 果 可以 直接 吃 嗎: (Chinese) [3] In: www.healthway.tips, accessed on March 17 2019 - online