Chapter 201: Space New Tea

In the No. 3 field of space, Li Youran stood in the field, carefully looking at the row of Longjing tea trees planted some time ago, the tea trees are planted in the mode of two plants per bush and more than 30 centimeters apart, so that there are fifteen bushes, and the scale belongs to the pocket type.

Under the nurturing of the space land and the stream, the tea tree has regained its vitality in a very short period of time, and has grown rapidly.

The branches of the tea tree give out countless new buds and young leaves, and this is tea. When you get closer, the fragrance is fragrant, and the first feeling should be good.

So far, the high-grade tea leaves on the market are hand-picked, and the machine-cut tea can only be used as raw materials for low-grade tea.

And most of the tea pickers are women, the reason is very simple, the fingers are thin and dexterous. As a result, there are also many folk songs that praise and praise the tea picking girls in various places, which are popular and widely spread.

Li Youran has no way to find someone else to do it for him, so he can only go into battle in person and be a tea picker, although his fingers are not delicate enough, he is not good at fast hand speed, accurate positioning, and he is a good hand at catching fish or something, and it is estimated that tea picking will not be bad

Aung Ang stood beside him, watching with great interest as Li leisurely circled around the tea trees. He was also there, standing on the horns of Anang as usual, stretching and shrinking his neck, looking around, and chirping twice from time to time, looking very leisurely.

These two guys, this time they can't help anything, they have a sharp mouth, and it's excellent to use it to pick tea, but such a complicated job can't teach it, especially the need to identify old leaves and young leaves, and the head is so big, and the IQ is probably far from meeting the requirements.

"The stupid bird." Li Youran looked at the people standing there and looked left and right smutteringly.

"Chirp, silly bird, chirp, silly bird." He flapped his wings and cried, and his voice was clear and accurate, showing a high talent for language.

Li Youran felt angry and funny, this guy, it's not easy to learn well, learn these words as soon as you open your mouth. It seems that I really need to pay attention in front of it.

He picked up a small bamboo basket from the ridge and prepared to start picking tea.

"Chirp, silly bird." Shouting at Li Youran, the little guy's enthusiasm for learning was high, repeating and memorizing the new word he had just learned.

"Go, shut up, and tell you to be in a cage again." Li Youran was a little annoyed, and tapped his finger a few times.

Finally feeling threatened, he shrank his neck and closed his mouth.

Aung Ang was much more sensible, just blinking, and not angry.

After the lesson, Li Youran held the bamboo basket left and right, and pinched the buds and young leaves of the tea tree with his right hand.

The best tea leaves on the market require whole buds, but that's a real-world thing, and there's no need to waste it in such a high-quality environment. The young leaves on the branches are fragrant enough.

Therefore, Li Youran adopted the method of picking tea with one bud and two leaves. At this time, his rapid hand speed showed a great advantage, and in the eyes of Angang and Tuo Biao, only a hand shadow flew among the tea trees. Angang was excited, raised his head and shouted twice, and he couldn't bear it, so he chirped and talked about it.

Fresh leaves were sprinkled into the bamboo basket like raindrops, although there were only thirty tea trees, but because of the vigorous growth, the tenderness was very much, and soon a few layers were laid at the bottom of the basket.

There is a very particular procedure for the production of green tea, and I am afraid that this set of things will not be good, but there are capable people in the store, such as Chen Chuanzhong, who used to chat and learned that in addition to cooking hot dishes and cold dishes, Chef Chen has also learned to make noodles, especially in ramen. In addition, because he likes to drink tea, it is said that he has also dabbled in tea making. …,

With such good fresh tea, it is natural to find him for deep processing, otherwise it will not be a tyrannical thing.

Chef Chen was found in the office by Li Youran, invited him to sit down on the sofa, and took out a small basket and handed it to him.

"Master Chen, this is a freshly picked fresh leaf, how about you take a look?" Li said leisurely.

Boss Xiao Li can take out the things in his hand, there is no extraordinary, Chen Chuanzhong has long had this impression in his heart, so he took the small basket and looked at it carefully with interest.

In the basket are some green tea trees that are tender and tender, and before they get closer, they already feel the fragrance lingering. The aroma is pure, without a trace of miscellaneous taste.

Chef Chen took out a little from the basket and put it in the palm of his hand to observe, and after a moment, he nodded with satisfaction and said:

"This tea is quite good, although it is one bud and two leaves, but as long as it is made well, I feel that it will not be inferior to the top green tea with all buds on the market."

"Then we're going to trouble Master Chen, we can make it in the kitchen, right?" Li said with a smile.

Chen Chuanzhong himself is also a tea lover, so he naturally accepted this job very happily.

He said that the ready-made tools in the kitchen, although not very professional, are not too problematic.

Next, he talked to Li Youran about the production process of green tea, compared to black tea and other tea varieties that need to be fermented, the production of green tea is quite simple, which mainly includes three steps: finishing, rolling and drying.

Finishing plays a decisive role in the quality of green tea. Through high temperature, the characteristics of enzymes in fresh leaves are destroyed to prevent the leaves from turning red; At the same time, part of the water in the leaves is evaporated, so that the leaves become soft, creating conditions for rolling and shaping. With the evaporation of water, the low-boiling aromatic substances with grass gas in the fresh leaves volatilize and disappear, so that the aroma of tea is improved.

Kneading is a process that shapes the shape of green tea. By using external force, the leaves are kneaded and lightened, rolled into strips, the volume is reduced, and it is easy to brew. The kneading process of making green tea is divided into cold kneading and hot kneading. The so-called cold kneading, that is, the green leaves are kneaded after being cooled; Hot kneading is the kneading of green leaves without spreading and cooling, which is suitable for older leaves. Of course, for this small basket of tender fresh leaves, it is naturally suitable for cold kneading.

Finally, it is drying, the purpose of drying is to evaporate the water, and tidy up the appearance, so as to give full play to the aroma of tea. The drying process of green tea is generally dried first to reduce the water content to meet the requirements of pot frying, and then fried and dried.

At present, many tea factories have adopted the way of machine tea, and the efficiency has been greatly improved, but for the high-end products in the tea market, it is still mainly made by traditional hand, although the efficiency is low, but the overall taste and taste are significantly higher than that of machine-made tea.

After listening to Chef Chen's introduction so much, Li Youran felt that he had gained a lot of insight and benefited a lot. Expectations for this first batch of space tea have also increased greatly. Clear