Chapter 173: Roasted Tea
Stir-frying tea leaves does not need such a thin wok, and it is easy to get too high a temperature, which makes the tea scorched.
The thick-bottomed big black pot in Wei Renshi's stove is absolutely suitable.
The tea leaves are withered in a pot over a slight fire, and then the water of the tea leaves is quickly evaporated by manual rolling.
This blocks the fermentation of the tea leaves and allows the essence of the tea juice to be completely retained.
Stir-frying green is definitely a qualitative leap in the history of tea making.
There is a saying in this that it is the technique of stir-frying tea leaves.
Saying "the first pot is full of pots, the second pot is strong, and the third pot is drilled", which is about the three processes of roasting tea.
The first pot is called a green pot, which is used to kill, and it needs to be rotated and stir-fried in the pot to make the tea evenly heated and lose water.
In the second pot, the force should be greater than that of the raw pot, so it is necessary to "bring strength" so that the leaves begin to roll into strips.
The third pot is also called the cooked pot, and the tea leaves are rolled into strips and then made fine.
After the three processes, at this time the leaves have been tightened and thin, emitting a refreshing tea fragrance, and when it is about three or four dry, it can be out of the pot, and the tea is fried.
It's easy to say, but it's all technical work.
When Wei Renshi and his roommates tried to stir-fry, they were either fried or too raw.
It's easy to get almost the heat and start kneading the strips, but at first I didn't dare to use force, and I couldn't knead the roll, but then I dared to use force, but I used too much force and kneaded it into slag.
After trying it several times, I was finally able to fry the tea, and I could barely see it, so I was limited to keeping it for myself.
Wei Renshi asked people to take out the big black pot and wash it carefully more than a dozen times, and then wash it after the fire was burned, until the nose was tightly attached to it and there was no smell.
Make a slight fire in the fire pit and feel the temperature carefully with your hands on it.
Put the tea leaves into the pot, warm it slightly, and then start the first pot full pot.
The tea leaves gradually lost water and dried, and a damp heat with the aroma of tea and grass began to escape from the pot.
At this time, the fire in the second pot was also ready, the temperature was lowered, Wei Renshi gave an order, several servants immediately lifted the pot, and Wei Renshi swept the tea leaves into the second pot.
After entering the second pot, Wei Renshi immediately swept it up in the pot with a brush.
As the roasted tea broom rotates inside the pot, the tea leaves begin to roll into strips. Wei Renshi swept as he shook some of the tea balls to extricate the heat.
Gradually, the leaves shrank into strips, and the tea juice sticks to the leaf surface. Wei Renshi pinched out a few pieces with his fingers, and found that he felt sticky, so he immediately blew his hand, and asked people to lift the pot and pour it into the third iron pot.
The temperature in this pot is lower, and the tea leaves are already softer at the moment, so stir-fry them a few times with a roasted tea broom, shake them slightly, and the leaves fly up with the brush and scatter back into the pot. In this way, the tea leaves are poured inside and outside the bamboo broom.
The tea leaves in the pot are gradually tightened and thin, the tea is fragrant but not lush, the fragrance is far away and clear, and it is dry in three or four, and it can be out of the pot.
The smell of tea is good, and the fragrance of tea wafts out, and the room is suddenly full of fragrance.
Wei Renshi looked at the tea leaves he fried, and the appearance was indeed a little bad, the tea leaves were broken a lot, and the twisted strips were not slender enough.
Lu Yu kept seeing it until now before he spoke: "This pharaoh is really unprecedented. This tea is fragrant but not strong, fragrant but not gaudy, fragrant and clear, strong and secluded. In terms of the fragrance of tea, it is already a good tea. However, I'm afraid I can't taste it right away at this moment, right? ”
"It's best to leave it for a few days before drinking." Wei Renshi nodded and said, "Drink it directly, I'm afraid you will get drunk." But if it's just a few bites, it shouldn't be a big deal. ”
Wei Renshi immediately opened the tea leaves to cool, boiled the water, and then pinched a small pinch into the bowl and brewed it, leaned to the edge of the bowl, inhaled a deep sip of tea, and suddenly felt relaxed and happy.
Take a bite gently, the light mouth is full, and the slight bitterness makes people feel refreshed, and slowly sends it down, but it is full of cold fragrance in the throat.
The gentleman's friendship is as light as water, light and fresh, but the aftertaste is endless, just like this tea, the bland taste is endless, and it will never break.
A person's life is full of twists and turns, but it is just like the tea leaves in this bowl, stretching silently and ending indifferently.
No ginger and shallots, no salt and pepper, quiet and bitter, soothing and sweet, the astringent aftertaste on the taste buds, just like the taste of life, is also the original taste of tea.
"Mr. Lu, after this tea is fried, there is no need to fry it again, just brew it with boiling water. Of course, the water should not be overheated, and it is just right to leave it for a while after boiling. This tea brewing method, the tea is not in the pot, but in the cup, the tea slowly unfolds after absorbing water, and Mr. Lu can watch Ye Shuyun's posture. As he spoke, Wei Renshi had already taken down the boiling water boiling on the stove, put it for a while, poured it into the teacup, and then picked up a small brush and gently cleaned the inner and outer walls of the cup, and then poured the water aside.
With a faint smile on his face, Wei Renshi moved his fingertips and gently took out a small pinch of emerald green tea leaves, which slid down his fingers and fell into the cup.
Wei Renshi lifted the kettle again, first poured a little water into each cup in turn, and gradually, the originally curled tea leaves gradually began to stretch due to water absorption, and the fragrance that was originally sealed in the leaf buds gradually overflowed with the warmth of hot water.
Yin Qingfeng's face was different, and he sniffed lightly, while Lu Yu looked leisurely and fascinated in the fragrance of tea around him.
But seeing Wei Renshi with a shallow smile on his face, he lifted the kettle high, let the water pour straight down, raised his wrist lightly, pulled the kettle up and down to fill the water, repeated three times, and the blue tea leaves flew up and down in the cup, like swimming fish playing in the water, and birds soaring in the sky, erratic.
Lu Yu looked at the tea cup in front of him, and saw that the tea inside was a faint blue color, and the delicate tea leaves were either hanging on the surface of the tea, or moving up and down in the tea, stretching the figure of the wonderful vine unhurriedly. And the fragrance of tea is also gradually rising through the white gas, becoming more and more intense, sultry and sultry.
Gradually, Lu Yu felt as if there were only a few leisurely stretching and wandering tea leaves left in his eyes, and his heart became peaceful and calm.
Then, Lu Yu picked up the cup and took a sip.
The slight bitterness and the faint astringency in his mouth made him frown slightly.
However, when his doubts have not yet disappeared, after the bitterness and astringency are gone, with a slow long relaxation, the end is full of freshness, and the intoxicating light sweetness and fragrant fragrance quietly hit. His eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his surprise and joy appeared on his face at the same time as the joy of meeting the treasure for the first time.
"Mr. Lu, what do you think?" Wei Renshi saw that Lu Yu didn't speak for a long time, so he asked.
Lu Yu seemed to wake up suddenly, looked at the tea in the cup, looked at Wei Renshi, and said with a smile: "The situation here is wonderful!" The old man met each other again. It seems that the old man's "Book of Tea" must be added again! ”
[My eyes are dizzy, my mind is cloudy, I can't hold it anymore, and I go to sleep ......]