In ethnic Tujia homes, guests are served oily tea boiled with three of four eggs pouched in it. The number of eggs is confined to three and four. More of fewer means inauspicious. Hosts in the northern provinces usually entertain their guests with a cup of scented tea, the kind very popular in the North China cities, while in the colder north-eastern provinces, the enthusiastic hosts would provide warm black tea with sugar added to ensure warmth. In the coastal provinces Guangdong and Fujian, a pot of Oolong tea, conguo Tea or Pu-erer tea is the usual treat.
Iced tea is even common in modern families as most homes are equipped with refrigerators.