武陟油茶，秦朝称甘缪膏汤，汉称膏汤积壳茶，是我国历史悠久的传统特产，土贡食品。武陟油茶成名于两千多年前的秦朝末年。据历史记载，公元前206年，楚汉相争时刘邦受伤于武德县，住在姓吕的家里。吕以膏汤积壳茶食之，三个月后刘邦伤愈。刘邦有诗云：“佳膳出武德兮，膏汤胜宫筵。”刘邦即位后，在长安思食膏汤不得，即召吕某入宫，封为五品油茶大师，封油茶为御膳。  
      
    武陟油茶是河南的著名风味小吃，因产于河南武陟县而得名。它名为茶，实际是粥。它的主料为精粉麦面，做粥之前，要先用油把面炒熟，所以人们称这种粥为油茶。武陟油茶的原料除精粉麦面以外，还有珍珠淀粉、花生、芝麻、小磨油和怀山药等，另外还要加入茴香、花椒、肉桂、丁香、枇杷、砂仁、叩仁等24种高级香料。武陟油茶不仅味道浓郁，营养丰富，而且还有健胃提神的功能。


 

Wuzhi Oil-tea

    Wuzhi Oil-tea is a historic traditional specialty, which is called Pasted Soup in Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty. It became famous at as early as the end of the Qin Dynasty over 2000 years ago. According to the documents, in 206 BC, Liu Bang was hurt in Wude County. He lived in the house of Lv, where Lv fed him with this pasted soup. When he recovered, he praised this soup with a poem: a delicious dish comes from Wude, the pasted soup is even better than the dishes in the Imperial Palace. After Liu enthroned, he missed this soup so much that he called in Lv and claimed it as an imperial cuisine.
      
    Wuzhi oil-tea is a famous snack in Henan Province, which is called in this way for its locating in Wuzhi. It is actually a kind of porridge rather than tea, for its main material is flour. But the flour must be fried in the oil so that people call it as oil-tea. Wuzhi oil-tea contains pearl starch, peanut, sesame, sesame oil and Chinese yam besides flour, and combines with as much as 24 superior condiments like fennel, pepper, cinnamon, clove, loquat, fructus amoni, etc. This oil-tea not only has a fragrant flavor but also has rich nutrition and material functions of invigorating the stomach and refreshing spirit.