Marble Tea Egg

Chinese call marble tea egg Cha Ye Dan. Marble tea egg is a very ordinary food for Chinese people, we usually have one and a bowl of porridge and some other food for breakfast.
Hard-boiled eggs are tough and dry but they become softer after they have been cooked in tea (tea egg). Another thing is tea eggs can stay longer, so they are good snacks for mountaineers in the old days.
You need a mixture of water, black tea leaves, soy sauce, sugar, cracked peppercorns, strips mandarin peel, and cinnamon stick. to make marble tea eggs.
Then how to make marble tea eggs? It’s very simple.
First hold each egg in the palm of one hand, tap it gently all over its surface with the back of the bowl of a spoon until it has a network of cracks. Repeat with all the eggs. Make sure none of the eggshells is removed. Then bring the tea egg solution to a boil. Place the eggs in the mixture, cover the lid of the pot and lower the heat to simmer. Boil the eggs for an hour and you can serve yourself now.