Scented water type of perfume. It was an Egyptian custom then to sprinkle guests with rose water or orange-flower water after dinner just before they were to go home. Even though it is said by scholars that the art of perfumery has it roots in antiquity, the city of Montpellier has self established itself as the birthplace of perfumery. In the 18th century they honored guests of the city with scented water and other 'gifts of fragrance'. There are even perfume manuals that describe Montpellier perfumes as being "a la mode de Montpellier" because of extra ingredients used that enhance their fragrances.
Compressed tea consumed after they were broken into small pieces and boiled. Traditionally in Tang Dynasty, they were consumed after having been ground to a fine powder. The legacy of using tea bricks in powdered form can be seen through modern Japanese tea powders as well as the pulverized tea leaves used in the "lei cha" () eaten by the Hakka people and some people in hunan province. In ancient China the use of tea bricks involved three separate steps: In modern times bricks of "pu-erh" type teas are flaked, chipped, or broken and directly steeped after thorough rinsing; the process of