How to say “Chrysanthemum tea” in Cantonese
guk1菊faa1花caa4茶
guk1 faa1 caa4 · Chrysanthemum tea
A light floral tea made from dried chrysanthemum flowers. At dim sum people often mix it with pu-erh, called 菊普.
The colour of each syllable is its tone — Cantonese has six, and the same sound in another tone is another word.