Chapter 197: Stir-fried Tea
When I came to that tea forest, the fragrance of tea wafted into my nostrils, which made people feel slightly shocked. Chu Jiaqiang was secretly delighted, the spiritual effect of this tea was even more violent than he imagined, just getting closer, and it already had a little refreshing effect before he picked it off and fried it.
Chu Jiaqiang glanced at it, this space belonged to him, and everything was recorded with information. There are only five seedlings in this tea forest that are 10,000 years old, dozens of thousands of years, and the rest are tea grandchildren, ranging from hundreds of years to decades.
He thought to himself, if he has time, will he dig up a few plants and plant them in his orchard in the future? Save yourself the trouble of going into the mountains every time.
He began to pick, and he didn't move for 10,000 years, so he picked those thousand-year-old teas, and it didn't take long for a small bag to be full, and it was estimated that there should be about ten catties, and there would be one or two catties left behind in the sun.
After doing these things, Chu Jiaqiang took Wa Ying out, but he didn't go back immediately, and he still had to do enough. So, he wandered around the mountains, followed by Wa Ying. This tile eagle can be regarded as tamed, and when the Chu family is strong, it will follow wherever it goes. Chu Jiaqiang had no choice but to let it move freely, and he was not used to it like a fart himself.
With a good grasp of the time, Chu Jiaqiang went back slowly. When they got home, everyone saw Chu Jiaqiang leading a bag full of things, and they all leaned over to see what was going on.
At this time, Wan Lao and the others also came back from playing chess, and they were about to prepare for dinner. When Wan Lao and the others walked in, they smelled the fragrance of the ancient tea, and they all became more energetic. Wan Lao and Professor Wen were all shocked in their eyes: "What kind of tea is this?" It actually has this effect. ”
"I found it in the mountain, and when I saw that it smelled okay, I picked it back, and it can be used for guests in the future." Chu Jiaqiang said.
"Good tea! It's too luxurious to use this kind of tea for guests, Jiaqiang, we still keep this tea and drink it secretly, and use mine for guests. Wan Lao spoke.
As soon as he saw that the tea was much better than the ones he had collected, he was reluctant to give it to other guests. In the future, he will settle next to Chu Jiaqiang, and he will get the moon first near the water. Chu Jiaqiang doesn't like to drink tea, won't he eliminate it himself when the time comes? Or simply exchange his own tea with Chu Jiaqiang, anyway, he will use it to entertain guests, and his own tea is not bad, and it is more than enough to entertain guests.
"Whatever! We copied it first. Chu Jiaqiang said indifferently.
Li Quan was still checking the wound of his goshawk, and when he saw that Chu Jiaqiang was free, he asked, "How is that tile eagle?" My goshawk is injured, I guess it's more serious, right? Alas! I hope I don't die. "Li Quan is also an eagle lover, so naturally he doesn't want casualties.
"The injury is quite serious, but fortunately I was treated immediately, and it should be fine after a while." Chu Jiaqiang didn't have a temple and asked Wa Ying to come back immediately, just to avoid being difficult to explain at that time.
After eating, Chu Jiaqiang began to wash the pot and fry tea, and Wan Lao did not go out to play chess and fish, but helped on the side, as did Professor Wen and Fu Shenglin. These people had already ordered a few taels of tea from Chu Jiaqiang, and the group of hungry ghosts from the research institute ran over to grab food.
Roasted tea is also a very particular process, and it may be that only the countryside will follow the process of manual roasted tea, and the outside is basically used to work with a roasted tea machine.
One might say that machines do much better than manual work. In fact, there may be many product machines that are indeed better and faster than manual work. But roasted tea is just the opposite, the artificially fried tea leaves are generally more complete, fresh, and the taste is relatively pure, and the machine fried tea type is not very good, and because the severity can not be controlled, it will break or overheat. Of course, this is also the reason why the machine is not mature and imperfect enough, and perhaps one day, the level of the machine will surpass that of handmade.
Outside, it is also called fried green. Stir-fried green is a term that refers to the process of making tea leaves in the pot by using a slight fire to make the tea wither, through artificial kneading to make the tea water evaporate quickly, blocking the process of tea fermentation, and making the essence of tea completely retained.
"Jia Qiang should be familiar with it, right? Or a few of us old guys can do it. Wan Lao said, he was really afraid that Chu Jiaqiang would accidentally spoil such a good tea.
"Don't worry! We have never bought tea to drink, we all pick it ourselves, fry it ourselves, more or less. Chu Jiaqiang said with a smile.
"Okay, in this case, Professor Wen will teach you Niu Huo, you should also know how to control the fire. I rubbed tea with Lao Fu for a while, and Jiaqiang was responsible for frying. Wan Lao said.
Professor Wen first heated the pot, and from time to time put his hand on the iron pot to feel the temperature, and when he saw that it was almost over, he turned to a simmer.
"Okay, it's time to put tea." Professor Wen reminded.
Chu Jiaqiang poured the tea leaves into the pot and used a fried tea broom to rotate and stir-fry in the pot. The leaves rotate and turn to lose water evenly when heated. At this time, it is necessary to turn fast, force evenly, and combine with shaking off the tea leaves. After two minutes, Chu Jiaqiang saw that the leaves were soft and dark green, and he asked Professor Wen to extinguish the fire a little more. After a while, seeing that the tea leaves had begun to curl into strips, and they felt a little sticky, Chu Jiaqiang hurriedly shoveled them up with a shovel and asked Wan Lao to take them out and rub them.
The main purpose of rubbing tea is to make the water evaporate quickly, and make it softer and plastic. The two of them kneaded and blew on the side with a fan. Kneaded it a few times, and at this time, the hot tea leaves were basically cooled, but not completely cooled, and Wan Lao took it back and asked Chu Jiaqiang to continue frying.
It needs to be fried three times in total, and it may vary from place to place. People who often fry tea will have such a saying: the first pot is full of pots, the second pot is strong, and the third pot is drilled.
The temperature of these three pots is decreasing at once, and it is easy to remember. In the end, you can't fry it completely, just dry it in three or four. The rest is left in the pot and steamed dry with the residual heat. Stir-fry all at once, the heat is difficult to control, and the tea leaves may be scorched. There is no such worry when using the residual heat, and I am not afraid of frying scorch.
"Hmmm! Almost, just stay in the pot. Wan Lao said with a slight gasp.
Professor Wen extinguished all the fires in the stove, and even the coals were mostly opened.
"This tea is really good tea, blessed this time." Fu Shenglin couldn't hide the joy on his face.
"That's, by the way, I'll talk about this tea, I'll exchange that tea for half." Wan Lao said. He saw that there were close to two catties here, and he should be able to divide ** two. The ones he collected were more than a catty, which he did not suffer, and the quality of the two was obvious.
"Lao Wan, you want too much, right?" Professor Wen and Fu Shenglin immediately said with bitter faces.
"Where? I exchanged more than a pound of the best Tieguanyin. "Wan Lao is dead and bites half of it.