Chapter 235: Seven Soups and Tea Method
Because of the Chinese language that Lu Yu said, Inoue Xiong listened to it and seemed to understand it.
In fact, what Lu Yu said was the essentials of boiling water in the "Tea Bottle Soup" written by Luo Dajing, a tea man in the Southern Song Dynasty of China.
When ordering tea in the Song Dynasty, the degree of boiling water was emphasized, which was called "waiting for soup".
Waiting for the soup is the most difficult, unripe will foam floating, overripe will the tea sink, only by mastering the process of water boiling, can the color, aroma and taste of the tea be flushed.
In the Song Dynasty, when ordering tea, the soup bottle with a round belly and a thin neck was used to boil the water, because it was difficult to identify the degree of boiling water with the eyes, so the degree of boiling water could only be judged by the sound of boiling.
In this book, it is even said: "When the water is first boiling, it is like the sound of insects and thousands of cicadas; when a thousand carts of grass suddenly come, it is a second boiling; and when you can hear the pine wind and stream water, it is three boiling." ”
When it comes to the "three boils", the tea person should lift the soup bottle in time, pour boiling water into the tea cup that has been placed with tea powder, and then hit the tea soup with a tea whisk until the water and tea are fully blended, and a layer of white tea foam floats on the surface of the tea soup.
For boiling water and tea, the tea people of the Southern Song Dynasty in China have already been thorough, and Luo Dajing even said: "The method of tea, the soup is tender and not suitable for old, the soup is tender and the tea is sweet, and the old is too bitter." ”
It's just that these Lu Yu won't explain to Inoue Xiong at all.
After a while, the sound of water in the cast iron kettle was already like the sound of the wind blowing in the pine forest in the mountains and forests, Lu Yu suddenly opened his eyes and took down the cast iron kettle, and flushed the water into his tea vessel that held matcha!
And Inoue Yu's speed is not slow, he has been observing the boiling degree of water, and at this moment he has begun to rush into the boiling water for the first time.
But the two of them Lu Yu listened with their eyes closed and listened with their ears, while Inoue Xiong watched from time to time, and the comparison between the two made a judgment!
Seeing this, all the people around Huaxia immediately nodded their heads and looked happy.
And the expressions of those Dongying people began to become serious one by one.
They had seen Huaxia tea people before, and they were even second-level tea people of the same rank as Inoue Xiong, but they had never seen anyone be able to sum up the method of listening to sound and arguing water! Could it be that this was created by Lu Yu?!
How did they know that the Song Dynasty was the heyday of Chinese tea culture, from princes and ministers, literati and monks, to businessmen and gentlemen, and ordinary people, all of them took tea drinking as a fashion. All this knowledge about tea is also a summary of the Song Dynasty's generations of elites inheriting the tea style of the Tang Dynasty!
And this time the tea bucket tea has already been said in advance, and the competition between the two sides is the tea ordering technique and the delicacy of the foam.
Therefore, Lu Yu had no scruples, and at the beginning, he directly abandoned the current popular tea ordering method in Dongying, just like the method he used for the first water flush at the moment, and he used the most famous and classic "Seven Soups Tea Method" in the Song Dynasty!
The "Seven Soups Tea Method" comes from Song Huizong Zhao Ji's "Daguan Tea Treatise".
"Daguan Tea Theory" has a cloud: "The wonderful one, measure the tea and receive the soup, adjust it like melting glue, and inject it into the cup, so as not to invade the tea." The momentum is not fierce, first you must stir the tea paste, gradually add the blow, the hand is light and heavy, the fingers are rotated around the wrist, up and down thoroughly, such as the fermented tiller, the stars and the moon, and the bright birth, then the tea surface is fundamentally established. ”
The first time Lu Yu poured boiling water, it was poured along the inner wall of the bowl, and it was not directly washed into the tea powder!
When he first poured water, he stirred the tea whisk very lightly, first stirring the tea powder into a tea paste.
Then, while pouring water, the sword intent of the Dugu Nine Swords quickly rotated and struck, making it transparent up and down, and the milk foam began to slowly produce!
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"The second soup is injected from the tea surface, Zhou Hui line, urgent injection, the tea surface does not move, the blow is both force, the color gradually opens, and the pearls fall. ”
During the stirring process, the water in the pot boiled again.
Lu Yu poured boiling water for the second time, and the water column rushed straight to the surface of the tea soup!
His movements are crisp and neat, rush to note, rush to stop!
At this moment, the milk foam that had formed when it was stirred had not disappeared, and Lu Yu stirred the noodle soup with his wrist at the same time.
The small white-green beads of granular milk foam between the whiskers began to accumulate rapidly!
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"The three soups are as much as before, the blow is gradually expensive and even, the circumference is round, the surface is thorough, the crab eyes are clear, the pan is mixed, and the color of the tea has been six or seven. ”
After a short while, Lu Yu began to pour boiling water for the third time again!
The amount of water poured was the same as before, but the movement of his flick and agitation became light again.
Since the milk foam has already accumulated, all that is needed is to stir evenly.
After a while, the white-green corn crab eyes, the granular milk foam of water droplets has gradually covered the surface of the tea soup.
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"The four soups are still, the whisk wants to turn to the ends, wide but not fast, its true essence color, has been renewed, light clouds are gradually born. ”
By the time of the fourth injection of boiling water, Lu Yu had already reduced the amount of water injected.
The whisking action of the tea whisk in his hand was also reduced a little, and the purpose was to thicken the milk foam on the surface of the tea soup and slowly accumulate it.
At this moment, his movements were still smooth, and the people around him gradually changed from initial doubt and surprise to appreciation.
With the blessing of Dugu Jiujian's sword intent and powerful physical functions, even if Lu Yu's tea vessel is much larger than ordinary tea ware, it is also easy to use without feeling the slightest procrastination and effort!
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"The five soups can be indulged slightly, and the soup wants to be light and even and transparent, if the hair is not exhausted, then hit it. If the hair has passed, it will be brushed away, and the knots will be misty, and the snow will be condensed, and the brown color will be exhausted. ”
In a blink of an eye, it was the moment of the fifth water filling, and it was also a very critical moment in the whole tea ordering process.
When Lu Yu poured boiling water, the action of striking and agitating was extremely light and even.
When there is not much milk foam, he continues to stir, and when the milk foam is enough, he stops the whisk and allows the milk foam to slowly coalesce.
Until the milk foam resembles a pile of snowflakes, we strive to create the ideal brown color.
This step must be extremely accurate!
If it is an ordinary-sized tea bowl and tea vessel, it requires extremely exquisite kung fu and unique eyesight.
But at this time, the advantages of large tea ware are revealed, and it is relatively easier to grasp the timing and strength of large tea ware than the subtle observation of small tea ware!
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"The six soups are made by view, and the milk points are erect, and they live in the pipe, slowly winding and whisking. ”
Until the sixth injection of boiling water, Lu Yu had already breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
At this time, he has to look at the formation of milk foam.
If the milk foam in the bowl is too thick and thick, the whisk should only gently wrap around the bowl wall.
Fine beads of sweat are also faintly visible on Lu Yu's forehead and sideburns.
Ordering this cup of tea requires not only exquisite techniques, but also extremely focused spirit.
If it weren't for Dugu Jiujian's exquisite comprehension of sword intent and his flexible wrist as he wants, as well as the improvement of physical fitness by the physical function enhancement potion, I am afraid he would not have survived at all.
For Lu Yu, the physical strength consumed now is even more terrifying than a battle with a martial arts master!
While his wrist slowly wrapped around and brushed the excess milk foam, his other hand slowly stretched out to the cast iron kettle.
Seven soup tea needs to be filled with boiling water seven times, which means that if there is a last water injection, it will be successful!
With the kettle in his hand, Lu Yu gently recited the final description of the seven-soup tea method in the "Daguan Tea Treatise" in his heart......
"The seven soups are light and heavy and turbid, and the phase is thin and thick, but you can stop if you want. ”