Chapter 263 Learn to make tea and pick tea leaves

"It's a lot of weight."

"Nonsense, the portion is not big, dare to sell it for 40 yuan a bowl?"

"I'll take my boyfriend to see it tomorrow."

"Sister, I suggest you go after dinner, the business is too lively."

“……”

Ye Xiaofan looked at the comments slightly.

Most of the reviews said to give it a try, and a few questioned the price or questioned the TV commercials.

In this regard, Ye Xiaofan had already laughed past.

"Xiaofan, you're quite photogenic." Bai Ling'er complimented, with a wicked smile.

The two were joking.

Then we talked about the branch

The branch of the Baihuang food stall is ready to open in two days.

At this time, Li Li, a simple old farmer, entered the house with a bamboo plaque.

This is one of the earliest tea farmers in Lijia Village who grow tea and make homemade tea, and it is well-known in the vicinity.

His son tinkered with an online store in the county town to sell his own handmade tea, which is said to be selling well.

Li Laohan has a gentle attitude, always smiling and squinting, and has a simple smile.

Ye Xiaofan put away his mobile phone, said hello, and stood politely on the side.

He carefully read some information on the handmade tea making process on the Internet.

From the most basic definition and classification of tea, spring tea, pre-Ming tea, pre-rain tea, to handmade tea making and picking, sun-dried tea, fried green and so on processes and principles.

I already knew it.

"Xiaofan, Lao Zhou has praised you a lot, you are really young and promising.

"Why did you suddenly think of learning to make tea, look at Lao Zhou's face, you just look at it on the side, ask if you don't understand, and I'll explain as much as possible.

"You know, I'm just a farmer, I'm stupid, and if you don't understand, there's nothing I can do.

“……

"I learned this handmade green tea from Brother Lin from the tea shop in the county town for seven or eight years.

"Green tea does not need to be fermented, and the process characteristics are to kill some substances of fresh leaves at high temperature quickly after picking.

"It is mainly fresh and tender, and the color and tea soup retain the green color of fresh tea leaves.

"Best for spring and summer ......"

Li Laohan gave a short narrative and a gentle attitude.

I began to talk about my past experiences and the main points of green tea making.

These are just what he learned from a tea master in the county, and he read from the book.

Even some knowledge points have long been forgotten and are very vague.

As for white tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, etc., Li Laohan doesn't know much about it, and he won't.

Ye Xiaofan listened modestly.

I have done my homework in advance, and I have read in detail all kinds of tea knowledge, roasted tea theory, etc.

If he really wants to give a lecture, he can talk endlessly, telling Li Laohan about the process and specific principles of handmade green tea.

In terms of knowledge base alone, this master who has been making tea by hand for six or seven years is far inferior to Ye Xiaofan.

Of course, if you want to do this, it will be noisy, which is not good.

He actually came over to take a look, compared the theory, and tried it himself.

Patiently listened to Li Laohan's superficial explanation.

Li Laohan began to demonstrate various processes, including the more important fried greens.

Near noon, Ye Xiaofan found an opportunity to give it a try.

Gloved hands, in a hot iron pot, stir-fry tea leaves, accompanied by white gas.

The technique went from rusty to smooth, in less than a minute.

I was amazed to see Mr. Li.

Ye Xiaofan easily grasped the key points of making green tea, and was even more accurate in terms of details and heat.

"Xiaofan, have you studied before?"

Without waiting for Ye Xiaofan to answer, Li Laohan was convinced of this point of view.

This is followed by rolling and drying.

Ye Xiaofan studied patiently.

"Thank you, Master Li, for your teaching." Before Ye Xiaofan left, he stuffed a red envelope for Li Laohan.

"Don't don't, I can't accept this, just by the way, let you see how to make green tea, and the red envelope won't be used."

Li Laohan is also willing to explain handmade green tea because he knows the old village chief of Taoyuan Village.

After some excuses, Ye Xiaofan stuffed the red envelope into his pocket.

After that, we left Lijia Village.

In half a day, Ye Xiaofan thoroughly mastered the production skills of green tea according to the theory.

In other words, he groped according to the knowledge on the Internet, and it was difficult to control the details and heat.

Now, after Li Laohan's teaching, his confidence in this regard has risen greatly.

After I went back, I began to drum up the idea of wild tea tree tea.

In the past two days, the spiritual rain has watered the wild tea trees.

It has changed a lot, even the bark has changed from cracked gray at the beginning to tender green bark, and some vines have been climbed, full of vitality and fresh fragrance.

Ye Xiaofan chewed wild tea leaves many times and clearly felt the changes. The bitterness of the wild tea tree is reduced to a certain extent.

I don't know if this tea is suitable for ordinary people to drink.

But it won't hurt Ye Xiaofan in any way.

Wild tea trees outside the Kitayama chicken farm.

"Xiaofan, what are you doing?"

Before it was time to go to work, when Wang Chunfang went up the mountain, he noticed Ye Xiaofan.

Wangcai held the bamboo basket in his mouth, and his sharp teeth lay on the trunk of the tree.

From time to time, Ye Xiaofan stuffed some old tea leaves of poor quality into Fengya's mouth.

This guy is chewing on tea leaves.

Wang Chunfang approached.

"Oh, tea picking." Ye Xiaofan didn't look back.

"This is a tea tree?" Wang Chunfang was a little surprised, "Aren't all tea trees short?" ”

"There are many varieties of tea, three types: arbor, semi-arbor and shrub; For example, according to the size of the leaf shape, there are large-leaved species, medium-leaf species and small-leaved species......

"With the northward spread of arbor tea trees, the tree type gradually became dwarf due to the influence of low temperature and drier, and gradually evolved into shrub tea trees.

"The dwarf tea tree you're talking about, that's a shrub type tea tree. This is an arbor-type tea tree. ”

One of the benefits of physical enhancement is that my memory has improved by leaps and bounds.

Ye Xiaofan never forgot the tea information.

If you only talk about theory, even if you talk to Diao Guanghe, who is a tea ceremony expert, you can talk back and forth hundreds of times.

"I'll help you, do you want to borrow a ladder from Uncle Mugen. It will be more convenient. ”

Wang Chunfang was on one side, struggling to cushion her feet, grasping the lower branches, and picking tea leaves.

Look at the posture and prepare to climb the tree.

"Thank you, but as long as you have a core bud or a single bud with a young leaf, don't do anything else for the time being, like this."

Seeing this, Ye Xiaofan no longer refused, and found a sample for her to take a look.

"Got it, Aunt Zhao picked tea and pinched off the tea leaves, and then went back to pick the buds alone. The price of leaves and shoots is not the same. ”

Wang Chunfang used to help her relatives pick tea, and she relied on this to earn some extra money.

"Oh, tea is more particular, there are different picking standards, such as only picking the young shoots of tea, one bud and one leaf, or one bud and two leaves of the new shoots.

This is called delicate picking, specializing in the production of high-grade famous tea, subdivided into "sparrow tongue", "lotus heart", "flag gun" and other classifications.

"It's like a super, first, second, third.

"The tongue of the bird, a bud and a leaf are beginning to spread, resembling a bird's tongue.

"The price of the bird's tongue is high, it is relatively rare, and there is a saying that nine do not pick, of course, we make our own tea, so much exquisite.

"The main thing is that the core bud is the most tender part of the wild tea tree, with moderate bitterness and sufficient moisture."

“……”

Picking was a little boring, Ye Xiaofan casually talked to Wang Chunfang about tea knowledge.

Wang Chunfang listened very carefully and nodded from time to time.

After picking some of the shorter shoots, Ye Xiaofan also went to the villagers to borrow a wooden ladder, and in two or three hours, he picked the whole tree, and only picked about 2.5 catties of shoots.