Chapter 178: Tea for Foreigners (First Update!)

An hour later. [with _ dream]ā

End of lunch.

According to everyone's registration, the staff has divided the groups.

In this group, there are only Lu Yu and Wu Haiming!

For this situation, Lu Yu had already expected it.

After all, this time the evaluation of the "four talents" is in the limelight, and the rest of the new tea people are not willing to go to them to a hard time!

Now that they have the opportunity to participate in the ranking tournament, they certainly want to be able to compete for a place.

No one wants to be cannon fodder for those talented people with deep backgrounds!

So not only is it the "first", but even the number of applicants for the top three is not large.

Most of the new tea people reported the competition rankings around the top ten, or even lower.

Only a small number of new tea people who are very confident in their tea have reported the top ten or even the top five.

As Bian Liangji said, the first thing to compete in the ranking competition is the psychology of the new tea people.

If Lu Yu hadn't participated in this evaluation, I'm afraid Wu Haiming would have won the first place without a fight.

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There are twenty rooms in total.

These rooms were originally used as stadium players, referees, and VIP lounges.

Now there is a blank piece of paper with the player's number on the door of each room.

The staff will lead the new tea people with the corresponding numbers into the competition room.

The room for the first place battle.

Lu Yu and Wu Haiming followed the on-site supervisor one after another.

The rules are simple, one person brews his or her own tea, and the other tastes it and notes the shortcomings.

Then the two sides swap places and repeat the same procedure.

If there are a large number of competitors, it is also one person who makes tea and many people taste it, alternating in turns.

Until everyone has finished brewing, at least three judges will intervene to judge.

The tea with the fewest drawbacks in the judgment is the final victory.

"Which of you comes first?" the judge asked.

Wu Haiming glanced at Lu Yu.

Lu Yu smiled slightly and made a gesture of please.

This kind of competition does not have high requirements for the order of priority, so Wu Haiming nodded and thanked him and said directly: "I'll go first." ”

With that, he walked over to the tea table and took out a small tea can.

After the tea in the jar is filled with tea lotus, it is handed over to the supervisor to verify whether it is the tea used to participate in the evaluation.

Verification completed.

The overseer handed the tea lotus back to Wu Haiming.

During the whole process, Lu Yu's eyes never left the tea lotus!

This is also the reason why he asked Wu Haiming to make tea first, he had to determine what Wu Haiming's tea was before brewing it himself!

Only in this way can he brew Xinyang Maojian with a better attitude.

The tea in Wu Haiming's tea lotus is black and oily, and the cords are even and tight, which is very attractive, and it is an excellent black tea at a glance.

But after Lu Yu saw it, he raised his eyebrows slightly and narrowed his eyes, as if he was relieved.

But he still didn't take it lightly and continued to watch Wu Haiming's brewing.

After the water was boiled, Wu Haiming skillfully ironed the cup.

The fingers of his hands flicked as if the movements were played on a flute, natural and smooth.

Then, wait until the water temperature is right.

He put the black tea in the tea lotus into the bottom of the cup, slowly poured the water in, and poured out the tea soup to complete the tea washing.

At the same time, Lu Yu's eyes lit up slightly!

He keenly found that Wu Haiming's tea soup after washing the tea was actually translucent red, and he also smelled a faint smell of pine smoke between his breaths!

Wu Haiming did not notice the change in Lu Yu's expression.

He continued his movements, flushing the water into the glass teapot again.

Then let it sit for a while, until the color of the tea soup becomes red, and then pour it into a fair cup.

At this point, his black tea brewing is complete.

Seeing this, Lu Yu was already determined!

He slowly walked to the tea table, poured himself a cup of black tea, and took a sip.

A heavy aroma of pine smoke instantly filled the mouthpiece, and the strong taste stimulation made his taste buds can't help but start contracting!

He put down the teacup and smiled, then went to the pen and paper and began to write.

Wu Haiming was stunned and couldn't help asking, "You don't want to taste the second bubble?"

Lu Yu shook his head and continued to write: "Pine needle incense to make tea is an ancient method, your method is indeed good, but the tea is not the right choice! This tea no longer needs to taste the second brew, I can conclude that this tea can not last for five brews." ”

When Wu Haiming heard this, a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes!

In addition to Lu Yu directly saying the shortcomings of his tea, he was even more surprised that Lu Yu actually knew the ancient method of "pine smoke incense"!

This is Wu Haiming's secret to no one!

But before he could ask, Lu Yu had already continued: "I guess it is precisely because you got this ancient method that you chose to go to Wuyi Mountain to find tea, right?"

Wu Haiming was taken aback and said in shock: "How do you know?"

Lu Yu said lightly: "Because only the pine of Wuyi Mountain can smoke the best taste." ”

The pen in Lu Yu's hand did not stop, and continued: "But the outer mountains ...... Oh, that is, the black tea near the vicinity of Wuyi Mountain, which is inferior to Zhengshan or the black tea in the mountain in terms of quality and taste. ”

"It's a pity that you have been in Tongmuguan for so long, and you haven't found really good tea, so you can only replace it with foreign mountain tea. ”

But I don't know, just like one side of the water and soil to raise one person, the pine of Wuyi Mountain can only make Zhengshan black tea more mellow and distinctive, but it is not so friendly to the mountains. ”

Speaking of this, the pen in Lu Yu's hand had stopped, raised his head to look at Wu Haiming and smiled, "Am I right?"

If it were someone else, Lu Yu's words would almost be incomprehensible.

But Wu Haiming's face at this moment was already surprised!

He looked at Lu Yu like a ghost and muttered, "How do you know so clearly?"

Lu Yu smiled and didn't answer his question directly, but said lightly: "Your pine smoked black tea may bluff those foreigners who like to mix drinks, but the real clear drink is still far from it." ”

"The reason why your tea can win in the qualification evaluation is only because most of our Huaxia black tea is now catering to the taste of those foreigners. ”

Most of the evaluation rules for black tea are formulated by major countries such as India that mix black tea. ”

"If it weren't for that, I'm afraid you wouldn't even be able to get the tea person qualification!"

Saying that, Lu Yu pushed forward the densely written paper in his hand, "This is all the shortcomings I wrote for you, you can take a look." ”

"I might as well tell you, in fact, from the first time I saw your tea, I already had this conclusion. ”

Wu Haiming subconsciously asked, "First sight?"

Lu Yu smiled: "Because of the natural growth of Zhengshan black tea, the cords are definitely not so uniform, nor are they so shiny. ”

"And the taste of your tea is similar to the potato aroma, if I drink five bubbles, I am afraid that my throat will feel astringent. ”

"With all due respect, this kind of tea should be given to those foreigners to drink with milk and sugar. ”