Chapter 92: Tea powder

Cao Lei picked up a bamboo brush with a shape similar to a slender one, and said: "This tea set is called a tea whisk, and it is the first tea set with a unique tea ordering method. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Member Wu has been to Fuso, and he should have seen something similar there, and the matcha ceremony in Fuso also needs to use a tea whisk, and the tea whisk on their side has been gradually improved, and it is more detailed and artistic. ”

Generally speaking, the tea whisk is made of old bamboo, the root of the whisk is thick and heavy, and the brush part is a large number of bamboo strips cut by fine tips, this structure can be on the basis of whisking the tea soup, and at the same time comb the tea soup, so that the process of ordering tea is more controlled by the tea orderer, and also makes the effect of tea ordering more like the will of the tea orderer. The tea whisks used in Fuso, on the other hand, are lighter and more beautiful after improvement, and matcha is less laborious, and similarly, matcha is less effective.

After listening to Cao Lei's introduction, Wu Mingshun nodded with satisfaction, it can be seen from the exquisiteness of the tea whisk that their preparation is relatively sufficient, which shows that they have indeed spent a lot of thought.

Then, Wu Mingshun picked up a silver utensil with a big belly and a small mouth on the coffee table, and said suspiciously: "Long-necked wine bottle? ”

Cao Lei was amused by his expression, took the utensils, and explained: "This is called a soup bottle, and it is also a special tea set for the tea ordering method, which is used to hold water and boil. You see, it has a large belly and a small mouth, the handle and the water flow mouth are on the shoulders of the bottle belly, and the water flow tube is generally arched or curved, slightly curved. The best soup bottles were made of gold and silver, and because of the money, they could only be made of silver. ”

"This soup bottle is for boiling water, why do you have to make it like this? Isn't it just for aesthetics, or just for the extravagant preferences of the literati? Wu Mingshun asked again, he knew that the nobles of the Song Dynasty liked great achievements and were very luxurious, so he felt that this should be used to show off their wealth.

"Yes, it's not true. You are talking about one aspect, but when it is ordering tea, it is indeed designed like this, and the effect of ordering tea will be more suitable. ”

Cao Lei introduced a few tea sets one after another, and then showed an embarrassed smile and said: "The introduction of tea sets is here first, I believe you can't wait to see this long-lost tea ordering method." However, it's a pity that I only know a little about ordering tea, so I won't be ugly. ”

"President Cao, don't be kidding! If you don't order tea, do you want us to order tea? "Wu Mingshun doesn't follow, this Cao Lei hooked up his interest, and he actually quit at such a critical moment!

"No, no. I went out and called a colleague who was more familiar with ordering tea and asked him to perform a tea ordering method. However, I can say it first, he doesn't know much, so wait a minute, you will have to bear with me. Cao Lei hurriedly explained.

"I'll come, it just so happens that I also know a little bit about how to order tea." Su Zhongkang, who had been listening quietly beside him, actually spoke at this time.

From the interaction between the two of them, as well as President Cao Lei's attitude towards Wu Mingshun, Su Zhongkang roughly guessed Wu Mingshun's identity.

His current social circle is too small, so that he doesn't dare to take out good tea leaves, for fear that others will not know the goods, such as those aged Baihao silver needle tea.

In order to broaden his social circle and enter the upper social circle of tea, he had to know some prominent people. In particular, that circle is quite xenophobic, and if he loses this opportunity, he estimates that he will have to wait for a long time.

It just so happened that the primary tea-making skills he had inherited before included the tea ordering method and the sencha method. Although he hadn't tried it before, he could take advantage of this opportunity to show it.

Maybe not very skilled, but it's enough to scare these people.

"Su Xiaoyou actually has an understanding of the method of ordering tea?" Cao Lei was quite surprised, he was a little skeptical that this was his mouth.

"The master is in the people!" Wu Mingshun was obviously quite surprised, but after seeing Su Zhongkang's tea brewing art, he was relieved.

He believed that behind Su Zhongkang, there must be a master master, otherwise how could such a young star tea master appear out of thin air.

Su Zhongkang said lightly: "I just know a little bit about it." ”

"Well, since Su Xiaoyou also knows something about the method of ordering tea, then you can really learn from each other and discuss it." After Cao Lei finished speaking, he went outside to call a mature man in his early thirties to come in and said: "His name is Deng Yin, and he is a young talent in our restoration group this time, and he has made some progress in the research of the tea ordering method." ”

Then, he introduced Su Zhongkang to Deng Yin, and emphatically said: "This Su Xiaoyou, don't look at his young age, he also has experience in ordering tea, you will have to be closer in the future." ”

Wu Mingshun looked at Cao Lei and chattered a lot, he was already impatient, and urged: "Let's start quickly, I've been hungry for a long time." ”

As soon as Cao Lei heard this, he hurriedly agreed and said, "Good, good, good." It started right away. Who of you is coming? ”

"I'll do it!" Su Zhongkang got up immediately, then walked to the special tea making position on the coffee table, sat down cross-legged, adjusted his sitting posture slightly, and immediately started.

Su Zhongkang took out the tea stove, took a few charcoal from the package next to him, lit them with a flamethrower, and put them into the tea stove.

The charcoal is specially made so that no smoke comes out during the burning process, and there is a flame on the charcoal.

The red flames fluttered like fiery snakes in the tea stove, and suddenly added some life to the originally lonely tea food.

Su Zhongkang used bamboo tweezers to pick up the tea cakes that had been wrapped in several layers by Cao Lei. These tea cakes are all half the size of a palm, tan in color, and have a faint aroma of tea.

"This tea cake should be made by steaming process, but your tea grinding process is not good, the powder particles are too large, you should grind it a little more finely, so that the higher the quality of the tea cake, the better the effect of waiting for some tea." Su Zhongkang deliberately poked the tea cake with bamboo tweezers.

When Su Zhongkang finished saying this, Deng Yin and Cao Lei next to him lit up a few times, and Cao Lei said: "We bought this tea cake from an old tea farmer, and he only tried to make some of it by relying on the sporadic memory of watching his grandfather make tea cakes when he was a child." ”

"Listening to Su Xiaoyou, you seem to have experience in making this tea cake?" The more Cao Lei talked, the more excited he became, this Su Zhongkang really seemed to know everything.

"I know a little bit about it." Su Zhongkang still had such a faint expression.

After Su Zhongkang finished answering, he kept silent, he put a piece of tea cake on the charcoal and roasted it for a while, and then waited for the tea cake to be hot, and then put it into the tea mill and crushed it carefully.

Then, put the crushed tea powder into the stone mill, use a certain frequency of hand speed, grind the tea powder again, and when he grinds the tea powder to a fine enough, sweep them all into the tea box with a brush.

Su Zhongkang's movements were gentle and elegant, and the strength was just right. The remaining three people, watching his movements, were amazed in their hearts.

"This tea powder is simply made." Su Zhongkang looked at the tea powder in the tea box and said.

"The next step is the process of ordering tea."