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Chinese
  
廿四味 or 廿四老味茶

Hanyu Pinyin
  
niàn sì wèi

Literal meaning
  
24 flavors

Jyutping
  
jaa6 sei3 mei6

24 Herbs or 24 mei is the name given to a variety of Cantonese herbal tea, drunk for medicinal purposes. Its name refers to the fact that it is a mixture of many different ingredients (around 24, although it may feature as few as 10 or as many as 28 or more). The recipe is not fixed, and thus may vary according to the producer.

The tea is somewhat bitter in taste and may used by a person that has too much 'yeet hay' or 'hot air'.

Typical ingredients (Some Will Vary by Producer)

  • Mulberry leaf (桑叶)
  • Chrysanthemum flower (菊花)
  • Japanese Honeysuckle flower (金银花)
  • Bamboo leaf (竹叶)
  • Peppermint (薄荷)
  • Imperata cylindrica (茅根)
  • Luohan guo (罗汉果)
  • Agastache rugosa (藿香)
  • Perilla frutescens (紫苏)
  • Elsholtzia (香薷)
  • Fermented soybean (淡豆鼓)
  • Cleistocalyx operculatus flower (水翁花)
  • Microcos paniculata leaf (布渣叶)
  • Ilex rotunda (救必应)
  • References

    24 flavors Wikipedia