Longtuan Shengxue is a tea product of the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, the tea ordering method and tea fighting were popular. The method of ordering tea in the Song Dynasty was different from the method of sencha in the Tang Dynasty......

The tea ordering method is to put the tea leaves in the tea bowl, inject a small amount of boiling water to make a paste, and then inject boiling water or directly into the tea bowl, and stir it with a tea whisk at the same time.

The tea whisk is made of bamboo, and it is a brush for washing tea utensils. It is also a tea cooking tool for ordering tea, and the tea whisk is made of a finely cut bamboo block. In modern times, the tea whisk has become an indispensable tool after the recovery of tea in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is also a must-have in the RB tea ceremony to stir powder tea.

Tea contains a substance called 'tea saponin', which often appears on the surface of tea soup due to the vibration of water flow when making tea. Especially when shaken in a bottle, it is even more obvious.

In the Song Dynasty, due to the way tea is brewed and the tea-making process, the tea bubble is more obvious.

Ye Chen brewed Longtuan Shengxue before adding cheese, and the tea foam that came out was as white as snow, but the tea soup was ......

Ye Chen hurriedly prepared the teacup, grinded a little dragon group Shengxue out, poured the extremely fine tea powder into the cup, first added some boiling water, shook the teacup, waited for a few seconds, and then poured boiling water.

Longtuan wins the snow, when making tea, it goes through sixteen waters, that is, it is ground sixteen times, the tea leaves are meticulous, and the tea leaves naturally float up.

Because there are very few tea leaves added, and it is extremely delicate, and the powder is almost crushed to the extreme. Without stirring the tea, a few transparent foams splashed in the cup. But the tea soup, turquoise tea powder floats on the surface. After a while, the tea powder almost melted into the water, because the amount was small, and the tea soup showed a green and transparent color......

There is also a layer of white mist floating on the surface of the tea soup, very subtle, bubbles and unknown objects.

Ye Chen found a chopstick and stirred it in the teacup, and a large amount of blue-white foam soon appeared in the cup. The foam particles are relatively large......

Zhao Jiyang looked bored next to him and said, "What are you doing?"

"I'm thinking...... The color of the tea is as white as snow. How can this tea be as white as snow...... Something simply impossible. Ye Chen was entangled, thinking that he had figured it out, but when he looked at the ancient books again, it didn't seem to be the case: "The winning and losing criteria for fighting tea in the Song Dynasty are the color of the soup. That is, the color of the tea. Pure white is the top, blue and white, gray and white, yellow and white...... But how is it possible to make a pure white soup?"

How can a brewed tea soup be white?

Not to mention ancient times, even modern times are impossible.

The color is as white as snow, is it tea foam?

"Where did you read the information?" Zhao Jiyang glared.

"The ...... in Tencent culture" Ye Chen looked at Zhao Jiyang.

I had an idea in Li Zhi's office before, and I thought that white might be tea foam, but I found the previous article again, looked at it carefully, and found that it was not like that. It should be said that it is plausible, as if it is not. Tea fighting is divided into two links, fighting color and fighting flowers.

"Huh?" Zhao Jiyang took the tablet and pulled Ye Chen to sit on the sofa.

"It's hard to do even with cheese, unless it's milk, and only a lot of tea is added. ”

"There is speculation that Longtuan Shengxue should be Anji white tea. The young leaves of Anji white tea are much whiter than those of Mengshan tea...... The surface of Longtuan Shengxue, which is made from the young leaves of Mengshan tea, is like a layer of hoarfrost. Anji white tea also belongs to the green tea category, with white buds, similar to the color of Chenshan small species. If you use Anji white tea and take the heart of the tea, it may not be impossible to make 'white as snow'. Zhao Jiyang looked at Ye Chen's distressed look, and then said: "If you have any doubts, you can ask me, I have read a lot of tea records of the Song Dynasty recently. ”

"Song Dynasty tea, the color of tea is noble and white, this white is tea foam?"

"You're stupid. Zhao Jiyang reached out and pinched Ye Chen's face: "How can my husband be so stupid?"

"I read it online. The winning and losing criteria for fighting tea, one is the color of the soup, pure white is supreme, followed by green and white, gray and white, yellow and white. According to the process of making Longtuan Shengxue recorded in "Beiyuan Beilu", the raw materials are mainly tea, and how can the soup color be pure white. ”

"In the Song Dynasty, tea fighting used the tea method. There are two main aspects of the basic content of the competition: one is the color of tea, which is the color of cake tea and matcha milled into fine powder. Zhao Jiyang stuck out his tongue: "You make your own tea, if it is brewed tea leaves, and it is ground into powder, you can see the freshness of the tea from the tea soup and the heat when steaming...... Don't you know how to ask me. Don't say anything, one person drills the horns. ”

"What I saw on the Internet was clearly talking about the color of the soup, the color of the soup, and it was also highlighted that it was tea soup. ”

"You're stupid yourself. The tea brewed from the tea powder, stir it, and there is foam on it, which can see the tea soup. It's still white, and it's almost milk. Cai Xiang said in "Tea Record": "Tea is precious and white, and blue and white are better than yellow and white." You saw this a few days ago, and I showed it to you. It's about the color of the tea balls and tea cakes. The second link of tea fighting is to look at the soup flower, that is, the tea foam. There are two criteria for the quality of soup flowers, the first is the color of soup flowers, the color of soup flowers is closely related to the brown color, so the standards of the two are the same, with white as the top. Look at the length of the foam residence time......"

"I'm dizzy!" Ye Chen patted his head suddenly, he had been struggling, how could the color of the tea soup be white, and it was still to Shengxue.

Color is the color of the tea ball, but it is not easy to make a tea ball as white as snow. This must be done with special teas, and also from early spring.

At this point, Ye Chen basically understood Longtuan Shengxue, and probably knew the process and rules of tea fighting in the Song Dynasty.

The tea culture of the Song Dynasty was a great embodiment, and in the Ming Dynasty, the tea making and tea drinking methods were repeatedly simplified. Zhu Yuanzhang's background, he believed that the Song Dynasty's tea drinking game was too extravagant, and the Song Dynasty's pursuit of beauty was harmful, which eventually led to the fall of the Song Dynasty. So he simplified a lot of complicated things, abolished the group tea, reformed the loose tea, and the way of drinking tea was also according to the folk, just grab a handful of loose tea and put it in the water to brew. As a result, a lot of tea products and production techniques have been lost......

Cumbersome Song tea, simple loose tea, who is superior and who is inferior, but there is no comparison.

"My stupid husband......" Zhao Jiyang hugged Ye Chen's arm and pulled him up: "It's not early, go make dinner, I'll go upstairs and play games." ”

"Yes. Ye Chen patted his butt and got up, cleaned up the tea set, and went to cook.

Longtuan Shengxue and the way of drinking tea in the Song Dynasty were basically figured out.

In terms of production technology, it is generally good. It's just a matter of choosing the tree species of the tea, as well as the place of origin. Therefore, the tea made by Ye Chen strictly said that it was not the real Dragon Group Shengxue. But it doesn't matter much, it's mainly a novelty.

After dinner, Ye Chen took three different tea leaves from home and ground them into powder. The next day, after frying the space tea, I brought the tea set to the town government and had a simple 'tea fight'.

There is no harm without contrast, and there is no good from bad without contrast. It is also green tea, and the tea powder developed by Longtuan Shengxue does have a lot of foam......