Sichuan peppercorns are rather pungent and hot in taste, and produce a slightly numb and tingling sensation on the tongue. In China they originally came from the region known in ancient times as Qin, which straddled the modern Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Thus they were once called "Qin peppers."
花椒的味道偏辛辣，會讓舌頭產生一點麻的感覺，在中國，它的原產地在古稱為「秦」的陝西、甘肅省一帶，故又叫「秦椒」。