茶叶是一种饮料。可是,住在湘、鄂、川、黔交界地的土家人却把茶叶打成油茶汤作为食用,有着长期喝油茶汤的习俗。特别是宣恩、来凤、咸丰的土家人喝油茶汤更为普及。喝油茶汤的历史习俗源于何时,确实难考,但同年间篡的来凤县志风俗志饮食篇记载:“土人以油炸黄豆、包谷、米花、豆乳、芝麻、绿豆诸物,取水和油,煮茶叶作汤泡之。香味俱绝,飨客致敬,名曰:茶汤”。农村也有人说是土人的勤劳智慧,在长期的劳动中,生活仍处于贫困,取水和油煎茶叶泡之,可以起到充饥的作用。而形成相传至今的油 Tea is a drink. However, Tujia people who live in the borderlands of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou have put their tea into the oil tea soup and have the habit of long-term drinking oil tea soup. In particular, Xuan En, Laifeng, Xianfeng Tujia people drink tea tea more popular. The history and practice of drinking tea from the time, really hard to test, but the same year tampered with Laifeng County Chi-style diet articles recorded: "natives to fry soybeans, corn, rice, soy milk, sesame, mung beans, water And oil, boiled tea soup for the bubble.Absence of all tastes off, pay tribute to guests, saying: tea. Some people in rural areas say that they are diligent and wise natives. In long-term labor, their living conditions are still in poverty. Taking water and frying tea leaves can serve as a hungering star. The formation of the oil so far