Ang Lee is roasting the freshly peeled coffee beans to prepare for the next grinding, which naturally does not require oil and salt, and this is not a stir-fry.

"I just said that I want to bake, how can I need oil and salt, take a few more iron spoons, and you will take turns stirring later, don't let the coffee beans be paste."

Li An said.

Soon, the iron pot was set up and the firewood was lit, but there was nothing in the big iron pot, it was empty.

"Quickly put the peeled coffee beans in it, and you two stir-fry back and forth until you smell the aroma."

Li An opened his mouth to ask.

The iron pot is not big, and there are not many coffee beans, so it is very easy to stir-fry, and it is completely capable of completing this task by letting Yuna and the beautiful woman do it, and there is no need for a professional chef, and the two of them are more careful, so it is completely appropriate for them to do this job.

Under the heating of the wood fire, the iron pot quickly heats up, and in this case, if the coffee beans in the pot are not stirred frequently, it is very likely that the coffee beans will be roasted.

Yuna and Beauty, working together to keep turning the coffee beans in the iron pot, so that the coffee beans can be heated evenly and will not be roasted.

After heating and stir-frying for a while, the coffee beans obviously begin to exude a rich flavor, which is very special, it can be said to be bitter, it can also be said to be aromatic, in short, it is a very uncommon taste.

"Ah Lang, what is this thing for, it smells so bad!"

Yuna covers her nose while stirring the coffee beans with an iron spoon.

"Ah Lang, can you eat this thing?"

The beautiful woman also asked.

Li An didn't answer, because he saw Li Xiaoyao coming over.

This is the royal palace of the country of Bolu, and Li An roasted coffee beans in other people's palaces, which made the whole palace have a bitter taste, which naturally aroused Li Xiaoyao's curiosity, so he ran over to take a look and wanted to see what was going on.

"Virtuous brother! What are you up to? You can smell the bitterness of here from across the courtyard. ”

Li Xiaoyao asked straightforwardly.

He was very curious, when Li An returned to the palace, he heard about the wild fruit, which was reported by the Bolu people who led the way, at that time, he didn't ask, and after smelling the bitter smell, he could no longer suppress the curiosity in his heart, wanting to see what kind of good thing it was.

Li An did not hide it, and said: "I am making a drink with wild fruits, it is a very distinctive drink, if it can really be made successfully, it will bring countless wealth to your Bolu country." ”

Said I looked at the people who were working with a look of fascination.

"Just this ordinary little wild fruit, can bring great wealth to my Bolu country, is this little fruit really delicious? It smells bitter! How can anyone like to drink it? ”

Li Xiaoyao didn't understand it very much, and felt that this was just an ordinary small wild fruit, and besides, this wild fruit was very bitter, and it didn't look like it was delicious at all.

Li An smiled: "It takes a long time to make drinks, so Brother Li should go back and wait patiently!" After the drink is ready, let Brother Li taste it. ”

It takes time to bake and grind, so it's hard to make for a while, and it's getting dark, so it's time for dinner.

"Brother Xian, since the drink still needs a long time to prepare, let's go to the banquet first! It also feels good to drink a cup of tea after you have had a full meal. ”

Li Xiaoyao opened his mouth to suggest.

Li An thought for a moment and said, "Brother Li will go first!" I'll be there in a moment, and it takes a certain amount of skill to make drinks, and I'll have to be here to teach them guys, and when they've learned it, I'll go. ”

It's not difficult to make the most primitive coffee, but it's for those who know how to make it, and if you don't know anything, you don't know how to make it at all, and you can't make coffee.

Li Xiaoyao nodded, went to get people to prepare the dinner first, and then walked away.

"Ah Lang, this thing has already been stir-fried with such a big flavor, it's okay!"

Yuna covered her nose and spoke.

Li An shook his head and said, "No, the heat is not yet yet, you still need to stir fry for a while, beauty, bring the grinding plate." ”

"Is the grinding disc a grinding disc for grinding soybeans?"

The beauty is confused.

Li An nodded and said: "Yes, it is the grinding disc that usually grinds soybeans, as long as the coffee beans are roasted, use the grinding disc to grind, by the way, dry grinding, do not add any water, the grinding disc must also be completely wiped clean, there are traces of water, yes, use a spare new grinding disc!" Remember to wipe it clean with silk. ”

"Yes, Alang, the slave knows."

The beautiful woman answered, and turned to prepare the grinding plate.

Li An came out this time, only brought a few small grinding discs, usually grinding soybeans is one, and there are a few spare idle grinding discs, although these idle grinding discs are well closed, but it is difficult to ensure that they are not contaminated with dust, in order to be clean and hygienic, so, must be wiped with clean silk.

Everyone is busy, and if they don't finish this, Ang Lee won't let them go to eat happily, but with so many people working together, they won't be busy for long, and they should be able to finish the work soon.

"Yun'er, these coffee beans will be almost ready for another moment of stir-frying, and after the frying, you and the beauty will grind all these coffee beans into powder, remember, it is dry powder, and then, you will take these dry powders and the same amount of white sugar to the banquet to find me, understand."

Li An is very hungry and needs to eat, and the rest of the work should be done by these people.

"Yes, Alang, slave understands."

Yuna smiled softly and continued to stir-fry the coffee beans.

Li An was naturally very happy to be able to find coffee beans in a remote place like Bolu Country, he always thought that coffee beans were grown in distant Africa, but he didn't expect that there were also coffee beans in Bolu Country, and it seemed that there were quite a few.

If you eat a big meal every day, it really doesn't mean much, because I'm tired of eating it for a long time, and I want to change the taste.

Especially after eating too much greasy things, there is an urge to eat pickles, greasy this kind of thing is a good thing for the poor, because it can fill the stomach, but for the rich, it is a very annoying thing, because it will make people greasy and affect their health.

"Ah Lang, everything you want is ready, this is white sugar, this is ground powder."

Yuna walked in front of Ang Lee without hindrance and brought what Ang Lee wanted.

"Well, yes, it's fast! Let's sit down and have a meal together! ”

Ang Lee was in a good mood and asked Yoona to stay and eat with him.

Being able to sit and dine with his master as a servant was a great gift, at least in this day and age, and it showed that Ang Lee was very friendly to his subordinates.

And leaving Yun'er is naturally useful, and the coffee will be configured soon, and this kind of fine work will naturally be handed over to Yun'er to complete, or two people will cooperate to complete it.

"Brother Xian, this is the drink you want to configure?"

Li Xiaoyao is not stupid, he has already smelled the smell of coffee powder, and the other high-ranking officials of the Bolu Kingdom have also smelled it, and all they smell is a bitter taste, so they really can't understand what the value of this bitter thing can be.

Although good medicine is good for disease, it refers to taking medicine, and if you usually eat and drink like medicine, it is too much of a sin, and no one wants to suffer this sin.

Li An nodded and said softly: "That's right, this is what I call a drink, however, you need hot water and a porcelain bowl to configure this drink, bring some more, let me try more, so as to configure the best tasting drink." ”

Li Xiaoyao didn't think much about it, and immediately asked people to prepare hot water and a large number of porcelain bowls, so that Li An could demonstrate the steps of configuration on the spot.

Now that the coffee beans have been roasted and ground out, and the sugar and hot water are ready, it is naturally not difficult to configure, and now the only problem is the proportion of sugar and coffee powder.

If too much sugar is added, the unique taste of coffee will not be reflected, and if too little sugar is added, it will not be able to suppress the unique bitterness of coffee, which is difficult to swallow, the balance between it is more difficult to grasp, and it must be tasted in person to finalize, of course, as long as it is often prepared, there will always be a suitable balance method, as long as it is not too demanding, the problem will not be very big.

Li Ang asked Yun'er to help, he personally prepared the coffee drink, first took a clean porcelain bowl, put in a small amount of coffee, and stirred with boiling water, after stirring evenly, put in a small amount of sugar, and continue to stir evenly.

After stirring it completely, Li Ang sniffed the taste, and then took a sip with a small spoon, and immediately his mouth was full of bitter taste, which was completely different from the coffee he had drunk in his previous life.

This means that too little sugar is added, and it is necessary to continue to add white sugar to suppress the bitter taste of the coffee.

According to his own feelings, Ang Lee added another spoonful of sugar to the prepared coffee, stirred it well, and after mixing it completely, he tasted it with a spoon again.

There is still a bitter taste in the mouth, however, it is much better than the previous taste, not very bitter, which is actually close to the standard of coffee, however, considering that people in this era are not very accustomed to bitterness, the taste needs to be a little sweeter to completely suppress this bitter taste.

Li An added sugar for the third time, and after stirring evenly, after drinking a spoonful, he felt that the taste was relatively good, not only the aroma of coffee, but also the bitter taste, which was a very good taste, which could be promoted.

"Yun'er, just configure more according to this ratio, so that everyone here can taste it."

After Li An was satisfied, he asked Yun'er to make a lot of configurations, so that Li Xiaoyao and the big shots of Bolu Kingdom could all taste the new drink of coffee.

Yuna had already written down the approximate ratio just now, and quickly concocted a sufficient amount of coffee drinks and handed them to Ang Lee.

"Yuna, bring these coffees to everyone and let them all taste it."

Li An opened his mouth to ask.

The purpose of making so much coffee is to make it taste for everyone, and the coffee is still warm and just right to drink.

"Oh, this one is really delicious, I'll try it."

Li Xiaoyao was very curious and picked up the coffee, put it to his mouth and tasted it gently.

When he first tasted it, he didn't think it was very good, but after feeling it more, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Xiaoyao's mouth, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied with the taste of the coffee.

"Hey, it tastes really good, it's a different flavor!"

Li Xiaoyao opened his mouth to praise and continued to taste.

Several high-ranking officials of the Bolu Kingdom also showed a look of surprise after drinking, about Li An's collection of coffee beans, they had already known that this kind of very ordinary wild fruit, they had all seen it, but this kind of wild fruit that had been seen for decades could actually be made into a drink, and the taste was very good, which was really beyond their expectations.

"It tastes good, it's really good!"

"I didn't expect these small wild fruits that I usually see to be able to make such delicious food."

"No, what I smelled just now is obviously a bitter taste, why can't I drink the bitter taste? There's something white in there, what's that? ”

Many of the high-ranking officials of the state of Bolu have all improved.

Li Xiaoyao couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, and asked, "Brother Xian! We've seen your drink, can you tell us what the white stuff you just put in? ”

For the steps of making coffee, although they are not clear, but the general steps they know, is not to roast and grind the seeds of coffee, it is not too difficult, they can try a few more times.

As for white sugar, they have never seen it, white sugar is a rare thing in this era, except for the advanced Datang Dynasty, which has white sugar to eat, overseas small countries cannot eat white sugar, so these people here don't quite understand what the white items brought by Ang Lee are.

Li An didn't hide it, and said: "This white thing is white sugar, very sweet white sugar, much sweeter than the caramel you eat, only our Datang can produce white sugar, however, the environment of your Bolu country is good, but you can grow sugarcane to make white sugar, and there will definitely be a good yield." ”

The manufacture of white sugar requires a certain amount of technology, and the backward country of Bolu alone has no ability to manufacture this product of white sugar, unless they open the country and let the advanced technology of the Tang Dynasty merchants enter, otherwise, they can only import from the Tang Dynasty.

"Sweet sugar, good stuff!"

"When the sweet and bitter are put together, the sweetness and bitterness are gone, and all that is left is the fragrance, which is amazing."

"No, this white sugar is still a little less, and there is still a faint bitter taste,"

"Yes, it is true that you can still drink a little bitter, but the taste is still very good, very delicious."

The ministers of the state of Boru happily expressed their opinions.