The vinegar produced in our country, which province was famous for producing vinegar in ancient Chin

Due to the different brewing raw materials and process conditions, vinegar has different flavors, and there is no unified classification method.

If it is divided according to the vinegar-making process, it can be divided into brewed vinegar and synthetic vinegar. Brewed vinegar can be divided into rice vinegar (made from grain and other raw materials) and sweet and sour (made from starch syrup and sugar residue raw materials). According to different processing methods, rice vinegar can be further divided into smoked vinegar, balsamic vinegar, bran vinegar, etc.

Synthetic vinegar can be divided into color vinegar and white vinegar (white vinegar can be further divided into ordinary white vinegar and vinegar essence). Vinegar is best brewed vinegar, and rice vinegar is the best.

If classified according to the raw material treatment method, the grain raw materials are directly used to make vinegar without cooking and gelatinization, which is called raw vinegar; The vinegar brewed after cooking and gelatinization is called clinker vinegar.

If it is classified according to the saccharified koji used to make vinegar, it is divided into bran koji vinegar and old koji vinegar.

If classified according to the acetic acid fermentation method, there are solid fermented vinegar, liquid fermented vinegar and solid dilute fermented vinegar.

If it is classified according to the color of vinegar, it is divided into strong vinegar, light vinegar and white vinegar.

If classified by flavor, the vinegar aroma of aged vinegar is stronger; Smoked vinegar has a special burnt aroma; Sweet vinegar is added with Chinese herbal medicines, botanical spices, etc.

Shanxi, named after the west of Taihang Mountain, referred to as "Jin", also known as "Sanjin", the provincial capital Taiyuan City. "It is bordered by Taihang Mountain in the east, Luliang Mountain and the Yellow River in the west and south, the ancient Great Wall in the north, and Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other provinces and regions."

Shanxi is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation, with a written history of 3,000 years, known as the "cradle of Chinese civilization" and known as the "Museum of Ancient Chinese Culture". The total area is 10,000 square kilometers, with Taihang Mountain in the east and Luliang Mountain in the west, and the mountainous area accounts for more than 80% of the total area of the province.

The outline of Shanxi Administrative Region is slightly parallelogram from northeast to southwest, with 11 prefecture-level cities, 119 county-level administrative units (23 municipal districts, 11 county-level cities, and 85 counties), and a total population of 10,000 (2012). The geographical coordinates of the jurisdiction are 34°34 40°44 north latitude and 110°14 114°33 east longitude.

The four famous vinegars include:

1. Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar.

Compared with other types of vinegar, the focus of "fragrant" Zhenjiang vinegar is that it has a unique aroma. Zhenjiang vinegar belongs to black vinegar black vinegar. Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar was founded in 1840 and is a famous specialty of Jiangsu.

2. Shanxi old vinegar.

Old vinegar is produced in Qingxu County, which is the first of the four famous vinegars in China. The old vinegar is black and purple in color. Its quality ranks first in the national edible vinegar series.

3. Sichuan Langzhong "Boring vinegar".

With a history of nearly 400 years, it is one of the four famous vinegars in China, and is the only medicinal vinegar, known as the "Oriental Magic Vinegar".

4. Fujian Yongchun old vinegar.

As early as the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. Yongchun folk began to brew old vinegar, and its brewing technology is unique.

Of course, it's Shanxi, very famous, Shanxi old vinegar.