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How did people drink tea in the Tang Dynasty?

The tea leaves are first ground into a powder and then the water is boiled.

After the first boil, add salt, and after the second boil, you can pour in the powdered tea and continue to boil.

After the third boil, the tea soup is divided into tea cups.

This is not enough, but also according to personal taste, add green onions, ginger, dates, orange peel, dogwood, mint, etc., what you like, you can also add spices and other things.

The taste is so sour! Anyway, after Li Zexuan tasted it once, he couldn't avoid all the tea in this era!

Because where's the tea? It's even worse than Chinese medicine!

In fact, when it comes to the ancient Chinese tea ceremony, it probably began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty, after the invasion of the grassland tribes of the Yuan Dynasty, the Chinese tea ceremony has gradually declined, and in the Ming Dynasty, it presented another scene.

Generally speaking, the Tang Dynasty was boiling tea, and the Song Dynasty was ordering tea, and whether it was boiling tea or ordering tea, people used crushed tea powder as the raw material for tea, but this method was completely changed in the Ming Dynasty. According to legend, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, once visited the people and saw that the common people were laboriously making the dragon and phoenix group tea for the imperial palace, which was very hard, and the slightest flaw had to be remade, which was time-consuming and wasted a lot of good materials.

So, in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to abolish group tea and change it to tribute leaf tea (loose tea).

Since then, "Tang boiled Song Dian" turned into boiling water to make tea.

Li Zexuan just crossed over for a while, but he regretted why he didn't travel to the Ming Dynasty, but then he was relieved to think about it, since the Tang Dynasty was popular to cook tea, not fried tea, then I will lead the fashion!

However, since the beginning of spring this year, too many things have happened, and Li Zexuan has no time to search for good spring tea for stir-frying, but today Zheng Yinhong took the initiative to send a batch of good and fresh, uncrushed Hangzhou spring tea, so how could he waste it?

And this is still the spring tea of Lingyin Temple!

Lingyin Temple, also known as Yunlin Temple, backed by the north peak, facing the Feilai Peak, was built in the first year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Afterwards, the north peak of the mountain is rich in tea, the famous tea saint Lu Yu in the Tang Dynasty, in the world's first tea monograph "The Book of Tea" written by him, there is a record of tea production in Hangzhou Lingyin Temple. This tea is the predecessor of West Lake Longjing tea!

The spring tea after the rain sent by Zheng Yinhong can also be called the Longjing after the rain!

Therefore, it is not surprising that Li Zexuan became so excited when he heard that the tea leaves in the wooden box were produced in Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou!

"Huh! Ben Hou has always heard that Hangzhou is the place where Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, and the north peak of Lingyin Temple is even more beautiful, with beautiful mountains and rivers, and the tea produced in that place must taste excellent! And to be honest, Ben Hou doesn't like to crush the tea before drinking, because this has deviated from the most original taste of tea, and brewing tea with boiling water can better appreciate the true taste of tea! ”

Li Zexuan asked Pang Feiji's men to make tea, then looked at Zheng Yinhong and said with an appreciative expression.

"Hou Ye is really high-minded, Zheng deeply sympathizes, when he was in Jiangnan, Zheng heard for a long time that Hou Ye is both civil and military, but I didn't expect Hou Ye to have such a unique insight when he was tasting tea, Hou Ye is really Zheng's bosom friend!"

Zheng Yinhong secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then sighed with joy on his face.

After getting the best rain Longjing, Li Zexuan was also in a good mood, he smiled and said: "Hehe! Ben Hou and Zheng Zhuang also see each other late, he will wait for Ben Hou to make this spring tea after the rain after a good life, then will invite Zheng Zhuang to go to Yunshan to taste one or two, I hope Zheng Zhuang can be idle at that time! ”

"To be invited by Hou Ye, Zheng will definitely go to the appointment on time, not to mention that although the old man was far away in Jiangnan before, he also knew that Hou Ye was in food and wine, and he had a magical attainment. At that time, Zheng will be considered a blessing! ”

Zheng Yinhong arched his hand with a smile, then got up and said: "It's not too early, Zheng won't bother Hou Ye here, farewell!" ”

Li Zexuan raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, and secretly said that this Zheng Yinhong is a bit interesting, usually people who come to give gifts will ask for something after giving gifts, but this old man patted someone directly after giving a gift, as if he really just came to visit him, it was really interesting!

As a mature adult, of course Li Zexuan would not be stupid to think that Zheng Yinhong just admired his prestige and came here simply to see him, but since Zheng Yinhong didn't say it, then Li Zexuan didn't need to take the initiative to ask, anyway, he just accepted him a box of tea, and if he had any excessive requirements in the future, he wouldn't agree.

But then again, he saw that this old man surnamed Zheng was not the kind of person who didn't know the current affairs, so he shouldn't make any excessive demands!

"In this case, then Benhou will not keep the owner of Zheng Zhuang, take care!"

Li Zexuan got up and gave his hand to see off the guests.

"Lord Hou take care, farewell!"

Zheng Yinhong said that, he took his son and went out neatly, really waving his sleeves and not taking away a cloud!

"Xianggong, why are you interested in tea? Didn't you hate tea the most before? ”

After Zheng Yinhong's father and son left, Han Yuxi came out of the side hall, walked to Li Zexuan's side, and asked curiously.

Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Hey! That's not to meet good tea, and I didn't use the correct way to make tea, after these tea leaves are dried, I will make a pot of good spring tea after the rain for your husband! When the time comes, you will understand why you didn't drink those tea soups before you became a husband! ”

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"Dad, let's just leave?"

On the cement road at the foot of Yunshan, the Zheng family's carriage was running steadily, and the smooth cement road made the carriage hardly bumpy.

Zheng Yinhong sat on the brocade couch in the carriage and replied calmly: "What? It's getting dark, let's not leave, is it possible that you kid still wants Yong'an Hou to leave you for dinner on Yunshan? ”

After that, Zheng Yinhong closed his eyes, intending to close his eyes and recuperate.

Zheng Qianjun said helplessly: "No, Dad, did the child mean that you came to Yunshan today just to bring tea to Yong'an Hou?" ”

Zheng Yinhong opened his eyes and said angrily: "What? Isn't it like? What benefits do you still want to exchange with Yong'an Hou for your father? As long as you do that, you can guarantee that our father and son will definitely be kicked out!

This time, Yong'an Hou can like the tea we send, which is already great news for us! If we force anything else, it will only make Yong'an Hou feel that we are just a philistine businessman, not worth handing over! Now we at least have a good relationship with Yong'an Hou, which no number of people can ask for!

As for other things, when the friendship arrives in the future, even if we don't mention it, Yong'an Hou will give us a few ways to make a fortune! Look at Cao Wendong, Lin Wenyuan, and the people who follow Yong'an Hou, aren't they all getting more and more prosperous?

So, Qianjun, you still have to practice in this city, and make friends with gentlemen, don't be too urban! ”

Zheng Qianjun nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yes, Dad!" The child knows! But Dad, you are really too risky to send tea to Yong'an Hou this time! But fortunately, you sent it right, Yong'an Hou really likes fresh tea, we are really lucky! ”

"Lucky?"

Zheng Yinhong smiled, then sighed, and said: "Before my father came, he spent a lot of effort to send someone to collect Yong'an Hou's preferences, and thought about what to give him, but in the end he found that it was not appropriate to send anything, because Yong'an Hou is not short of money, power, food and wine, and it seems that there is no shortage of women!"

After thinking about it, his father had to take such a risky move, but he didn't expect that Yong'an Hou would be the same as his father, he liked loose tea leaves, rather than making soup at the end of tea! Speaking of which, we're lucky! ”

"The main thing is that you have the courage to be someone else, and you definitely wouldn't dare to take such a risk if you were someone else!"

Zheng Qianjun couldn't help but compliment, and then, he changed his words and said with emotion: "The child went to Yunshan this time, and when he saw Yanhuang Academy and the Yunshan Courtyard, it was an eye-opener, and they all said that Yong'an Hou is a fairy child, and the child finally believes it now!" ”

Zheng Qianjun glanced at his son with a smile and said: "Your kid is about the same age as Yong'an Hou, if you can have Yong'an Hou's Yicheng in terms of ability, even if you are a father, you will be blinded even if you die." It is said that after going back this time, Qianjun, you have to study hard, our Zheng family, can it be a family of businessmen for generations! ”

“…… Yes, Daddy! ”

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On the second day, there was no cloud, and it was a sunny day.

Li Zexuan instructed Xiaohe and Xiaoxi to put the spring tea after the rain sent by Zheng Yinhong in a bamboo sieve to dry, and it happened that early in the morning, two servants of the Zheng family sent ten boxes of spring tea to Li Zexuan, yes, it is ten boxes, it is estimated that Zheng Yinhong moved all his inventory to Li Zexuan, Li Zexuan saw a joy in his heart, anyway, it was not too much, so he let Xiaohe and them dry together!

This process generally takes about half a day, the purpose is to reduce the grass taste in the tea, so that the moisture meets the requirements of frying, and at the same time make the new tea not clump when stir-frying.

After the arrangement, Li Zexuan went to Yanhuang Academy, there have been a lot of affairs in the academy recently, as the head of the mountain, he naturally can't get away!

Around noon, Li Zexuan happened to have just had lunch, and saw that the tea leaves in the backyard were almost dry, and then he was so excited that he asked people to take the tea to the kitchen, and he wanted to "cook" the tea himself!

"Xianggong, where is this tea used for frying? You can't be mistaken, right? ”

When Han Yuxi heard that Li Zexuan was going to stir-fry tea, he immediately followed up with a confused face and asked.

Li Zexuan smiled confidently: "Of course my husband is not mistaken, the tea that my master and his old man drank back then was roasted tea, but it was not the end of the tea, what is there to drink about the end of the tea?" Eh, lady, you came just right, I haven't cooked for my husband for a long time, and I don't know where my cooking skills have regressed, you come to take charge of the spoon, and I'll teach you next to you~! ”

It is said that before getting married, Li Zexuan's cooking skills were quite good in the Li family, but after getting married, he basically entered a state of eating and waiting for death all day long, Han Yuxi made him delicious every day, if he hadn't insisted on practicing swords every morning, it is estimated that he would have become a horse long ago!

As a result, he basically doesn't know how to cook now, and has become a complete "mouth king"!

"Hmmm! Since the princess insists on stir-frying tea, the concubine will come to help you fry it together! ”

Han Yuxi nodded, and then asked someone to help her find the apron that Li Zexuan "invented", and after tying it, she walked to the stove.

She has never refused Li Zexuan's request, some people say that Li Zexuan favors his wife, but in fact, it is better to say that Han Yu cherishes her husband!

"Lady, this whole process of roasting tea is divided into three stages: green pot, resurgence, and bright pot: the so-called green pot is to preliminarily shape the tea leaves into flat within a quarter of an hour, and the tea leaves are fried until they are dry; The next step is the resurgence, which takes about half an hour to spread the tea leaves that have gone through the green pot step and re-moisten them in a bamboo sieve;

Finally, there is the Hui pot, where the re-moist tea leaves are added to the pot and fried to dry, so that the moisture is reduced to about five percent, and further set, this process takes about a quarter of an hour. The tea leaves after the pot are cooled and the finished product can be brewed and drunk directly with boiling water! ”

Li Zexuan came to Han Yuxi's side and roughly explained the steps of stir-frying tea.

These are all things he has seen on TV before, and in terms of practice, he has not really fried them himself!

When Li Zexuan was talking, Han Yuxi was thinking about the specific operation method of each step in her mind while remembering, at this moment, after Li Zexuan said it, she nodded thoughtfully and said, "Hmm! Xianggong, the concubine body should understand, let the concubine body try it~! ”

Li Zexuan smiled and said, "Hehe! Lady, even if you try, we still have a lot of tea, and it doesn't matter if you try it badly! Oh, come on, come on, help you light the fire for your husband, this male and female match, don't get tired of working! ”

Han Yuxi has long been accustomed to her father-in-law's inattention, and when she heard this, she glanced at Li Zexuan and said, "Xianggong, don't you have to go to the academy in the afternoon?" The concubine heard that there have been a lot of things in the academy recently, so you better go quickly! Here are the concubines and Xiaohe, they are enough! ”

Li Zexuan shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'll go back when I'm done, it's a big deal to stay in the academy for my husband for a while at night!" ”

Seeing that the persuasion did not move, Han Yuxi had no choice but to come with Li Zexuan's temperament.

Over there, Li Zexuan has already burned firewood, saying that in this era, there is no gas, no natural gas, and even no induction cooker, so you can only rely on firewood for stir-frying.

And Xiaohe had already helped Han Yuxi clean the pot, and Han Yuxi saw that the heat was almost over, so she poured the tea leaves handed over by Xiaoxi into the pot and started the first stir-fried tea in her life!

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