0305 Tea tasting
Xu Yi shrugged his shoulders and reluctantly accepted the result. In any case, this tea is already this virtue, or it depends on the Hui pot at this stage to pay a little more attention to see if you can improve the result. After all, even if it is authentic Longjing tea, it still has to rely on this most important stage to completely improve and consolidate the tea shape, and only when the tea shape is set will the tea leaves be thoroughly dried.
Anyway, the pot stage is completely slow work, and there is no oxygen in the space, so you don't have to consider the frying time at all, even if you fiddle with your fingers one by one, you can make these tea leaves smooth. Xu Yifa thought fiercely, simply turned on the power of the induction cooker to the minimum, felt it at the bottom of the pot, and felt that the pot was warm and hot, so he poured the tea leaves into the pot.
didn't prepare clean gloves, Xu Yi had to go directly to the pot to stir-fry and press, anyway, the temperature in the pot is not high at this stage, be careful that you shouldn't be burned, even if it is burned, it will be a first-degree burn at most, and the consequences will not be too serious.
Xu Yi thought about it, clumsily imitating the video playing on the computer next to him, trying various techniques of roasting tea, grabbing the tea leaves from time to time to accelerate the evaporation of water in the tea leaves.
Interlaced like a mountain, Xu Yi fully agrees that this roasted tea is a strict technical work, especially after doing it himself, he feels that the job of roasting tea is not easy to do. Of course, he would not be self-righteous and think that he would be able to fry a beautiful pot of Longjing tea by learning all the ten techniques.
Xu Yi even thinks that even if he practices for a long time, if there is no one to guide him, no matter how familiar the technique is, even if he fries it by hand from the beginning of the finale, it is impossible to fry the real Longjing tea.
Drawing a cat and a tiger can only get the likeness, and it is impossible to reach the level of god-likeness.
The various techniques invented by people are completely in line with the characteristics, water content and frying process of tea picking and drying. Don't talk about yourself as a novice. Even if it is an apprentice who has been fried for a few years, he is afraid that he will be worse than the master in this measure, and I don't know how much he will do.
Not to mention. Even if you don't talk about the technique, just talk about the pot temperature control. It's not so simple that a few numbers can be summed up simply. Even if an experienced master doesn't use a thermometer, he can even know at a glance what the humidity of the tea leaves in the pot is, what kind of pot temperature is needed next, and where can these things be completely controlled by a freshman like himself who relies on self-study and exploration?
Xu Yi summed up the lessons in this process while doing it, but he didn't think that this work was boring, let alone that time passed slowly.
Just as Xu Yi became more and more decent, the original half-pot of green leaves basically turned into a pot of tea. With Xu Yi's gesture changing. The tea leaves slide and tumble at the bottom of the pot, making a rustling sound. This undoubtedly indicates that this pot of tea is almost dry.
Looking at the tea leaves in the pot, Xu Yi was actually a little satisfied, after all, this was his first time trying to fry tea, and every action had been rewarded, it can be said that every piece of tea in this pot was his favorite work.
Speaking of which, Xu Yi is cautious and attentive. Although the shape of the tea leaves inside is not very beautiful, it is even flat and smooth from Longjing tea. Miao Feng's requirements for sharpening are far from the same, but at least it takes more than an hour. The twisted and rolled tea leaves like Biluochun are finally gone, and the vast majority of tea leaves are at least flattened.
The tea leaves in the pot, whether they were smooth or twisted, were basically flattened by Xu Yi.
After all, he just pressed a few times with a hand spoon at will, plus kneading caused the tea shape to be destroyed, even if he did it very carefully in the Hui pot stage, but unfortunately there was no way to correct the tea shape back, so he simply hit it ruthlessly, and directly pressed the palm of his hand on the tea leaves and pressed it the bottom of the pot, otherwise he would not have been burned all of a sudden.
After stir-frying for more than ten minutes, even if Xu Yi increased the power of the induction cooker a little more and raised the temperature of the pot, he didn't feel that there was still the slightest water vapor evaporating out of the pot, and only a faint tea fragrance emanated from the pot. Seeing this situation, Xu Yi turned off the induction cooker and continued to stir-fry until the temperature of the pot dropped to normal and then stopped.
The next stage is to verify the quality and taste the fruits of victory.
Xu Yi picked up a piece of tea from the pot and twisted it with his fingers, and his intuition suddenly shook between his fingers, and the whole tea leaf turned into powder, and a few green tea powders fell from between his fingers. Letting go of his finger and taking a look, Xu Yi found that there was no complete leaf between the two fingers that he had released, and only a layer of tea powder was left stuck to the top of his finger.
Xu Yi smiled, poured the tea directly into the plastic bag prepared in advance, took out the electronic balance excitedly, and weighed the bag on it. Seeing that the numbers on the balance jumped to more than forty grams and stopped, Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh, it really can be called "who knows that the tea in the cup, the pieces are hard", it is easy to drink tea and it is difficult to fry tea!
Although most of these sins are due to the wrong way, whether it is picking tea or roasting tea, the tea tree and the stir-fried tea pot are not normal.
However, no matter how easy this tea picking is, no matter how suitable the tea pot is, this job is not something that can be done by yourself. It can only be said that this also depends on the good conditions in the space, and the tea leaves picked are durable, otherwise you have to pick a batch and fry it immediately. Fortunately, I thought that I would just think about it and do it if I thought about it and made a living by selling tea, otherwise I would not be able to make much money by myself in this purely labor-intensive industry, even if I was tired to death. The tea is really good, and the guests don't need to come casually for one more day, but I'm afraid that the tea will be sold out. How can this be done? It is understandable that good things are in short supply, but no one can buy them, and no matter how good things are, they can only be legends.
If this is the case, I am afraid that I can only make a living, and it will be difficult to make a fortune.
It is said that one or two tea auctions out hundreds of thousands of yuan, how to smell is also full of hype, it is impossible to have it every day, and it is impossible for everyone to meet it, and it is said that there are many people in the country who have to talk about the price of a tea egg A few shrewd people, people who are stupid and have more money do not pay attention to drinking tea, this money is not so easy to make!
Xu Yi sighed for a while. Grab the tea leaves on the scales and take a few clicks. There is not much tea, this can't be helped. Even if you pick all the leaves of those small tea seedlings, you won't be able to pick much.
Try your hand at it. The meaning is more important than others, and as for the taste, Xu Yi actually doesn't pay much attention to it. He just felt that he had spent so much effort working for so long, and this thing had to be better than the wild tea he picked, otherwise he wouldn't have worked hard in vain, and he would have been burned in vain!
This tea tasting and making tea in a large tea jar at home are completely different pursuits, fortunately, I saw the requirements for green tea brewing when I looked for information before, so I didn't insult my hard work.
Xu Yi filled a pot of water and boiled it on the induction cooker, and found a glass to prepare to make tea.
Green tea is afraid of heat and stuffiness. Too hot water will make the aroma of the tea leaves disperse and the tea soup will change its taste, and even the tea leaves will be scalded and yellowed, and the quality of the tea soup will decline sharply. Therefore, the best tea set for green tea is the open glass, which has good thermal insulation performance, enough to make the tea brew, and you can see the tea leaves inside through the cup, and you can taste tea and enjoy tea with one stone.
Xu Yi put the boiled boiling water there to dry for a while, and felt that the temperature had dropped to more than 80 degrees, so he pinched a small pinch of tea leaves and put it at the bottom of the cup, and rushed in most of the cups of boiling water.
You can see it through the cup. The turquoise tea leaves tumble with the current, like small jade fish chasing the waves. It looks very beautiful, with a mist rising from the mouth of the glass, followed by a pleasant fragrance.
Xu Yi has never drunk any good tea, so he can only compare this tea with what he has drunk.
At least this tea has no mixed and unpleasant odor, and the taste is unusually fresh and elegant, far stronger than the taste of my own wild tea with a light tea aroma in the bitterness.
As time passed, the curly tea leaves slowly unfolded like a lazy girl stretching her waist, gradually sinking from the surface of the water to the bottom. The delicate leaves are even three points greener than when they were on the trees.
The only fly in the ointment is that one is fried with a hand spoon, and the other is that Xu Yi doesn't know the weight of the road, and he uses too much force when kneading, so most of the tea leaves are somewhat broken, which makes the tea product a little different.
But Xu Yi doesn't care about this, he hasn't learned to fry tea, not to mention, he is directly serving with a spoon, he is already very satisfied with the quality of this tea, his own craftsmanship is far from the chef, he can fry the tea well, and it is good if he doesn't fry it into a pot of tea powder!
Compared with tea leaves, the color of tea soup is much more beautiful and delicate. A shallow green is like a cup of concentrated spring water, but it has a transparency that is better than spring water.
Looking at the tea and smelling the fragrance of tea, Xu Yi felt that his mood gradually calmed down like the fragrance of tea in Qingyuan, and even his movements became extraordinarily gentle.
Pick up the cup and take a sip, unlike your own wild tea, which has a thick bitterness in the mouth, this tea has a slight bitter taste, but there is no sense of hardship at all. Xu Yi only felt that there seemed to be a faint refreshment in his mouth, which spread rapidly with the tea, accompanied by an indescribable fragrance, whirling and beating between his taste buds.
A sip of tea slides down the throat and down the esophagus, the fragrance in the mouth is not exhausted, but another faint sweetness spreads from the tip of the tongue, accompanied by an increasingly rich aftertaste, which instantly invades the entire mouth.
Although Xu Yi has never drunk any good tea, he can also deeply realize that this tea is definitely not bad!
Just like that, unconsciously, a cup of tea was poured into his stomach, Xu Yi only felt that his mouth was full of fragrance and his whole body was transparent, and his limbs were all smooth and full of vitality!
Xu Yi couldn't finish brewing another one, and this tea was a new taste.
If the first tea is compared to a confidant, the taste is stronger over time, then the second tea is more like a humble gentleman, the bitterness is gone, only fresh and natural, and the tranquil fragrance lingers between the lips and teeth.
It was not until the fourth cup that the tea gradually faded, more like an enthusiastic passerby, the warmth was still there, but unfortunately the aroma was not enough to warm people's hearts.
Brew again, this tea is like a strange road, light as clear water, and the aroma is lost.
Touching the stomach filled with tea, Xu Yi stood up with satisfaction, cleaned the cup and sent it to the end of his nose to smell it, there was still a faint fragrance of tea on the wall of the cup, it was really good tea......!