Chapter 128: Milk Tea
The smile on the corner of Beiye's lips deepened, and he looked at Gu Rao's eyes and said seriously, "I have confidence in myself." ”
It's that she doesn't have faith in him.
Gu Rao thought that her comfort had an effect, and there was a hint of relief in her heart, and she didn't want to continue the heavy topic, so she got up and said, "The milk delivery should be coming soon, I'll go out and take a look." ”
Beye snorted.
Gu Rao's calculation time was very accurate, and as soon as she came out of the hall, the cattle dealer came in with a burden.
"Today's milk is here."
Gu Rao sent the cattle dealer out of the door.
Besno brings the milk to the kitchen.
"I ......"
Gu Rao didn't wait for him to speak, pushed him out and said, "You are guarding the casserole rice noodle stall outside, there are many guests here, and I can be busy in the kitchen alone." ”
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The method of dairy products is very simple, and in less than an hour, Gu Rao has made milk cakes, ginger milk, red bean milk cakes and fruit milk sago.
Gu Rao knew that the dessert was bought well yesterday, and a large part of the reason was because the guests had not eaten it and were willing to spend money to try it, and they might not have such a good business every day.
Yesterday I didn't sell out a single bucket of milk pastries, but today there is an extra bucket, and if all of them are made into pastries, there will probably be more leftovers.
Therefore, for the sake of conservatism, she still only uses a bucket of milk to make desserts, and the remaining bucket is intended to be used to make milk tea.
It's hot today, so there should be a lot of people buying drinks.
After packing the ticket to pack all the milk produced by the cow dealer's mother every day, she made the idea of selling milk tea, but today is still too sudden, and many things are too late to prepare now.
Gu Rao plans to make the simplest milk tea today, and when there is enough time tomorrow, she will make milk tea companions such as pearls, coconut fruit, red beans, taro paste, and turtle jelly.
Today, only three flavors of milk tea are made, namely black tea, green tea and oolong tea, and each tea is taken out about half a catty and soaked in boiling water in a large iron basin.
Pour sugar into the pot, fry the caramel color, pour a large pot of black tea into it, add some tea leaves and water, the ratio of milk and water is about one to five, simmer slowly, and finally add one-third of the milk, simmer for a while, you don't have to wait until it boils to serve.
There are two kinds of milk tea left, which are boiled in the same way as black tea milk tea.
A bucket of milk is brewed into six buckets of milk tea.
The milk tea bucket was quite big, full of fill, and covered with a lid, so she couldn't lift it alone, so she had to let Beye come in to help.
When Beye saw the milk tea, a look of surprise crossed his eyes.
"So much?"
Gu Rao said helplessly, "I bought too much milk, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to sell out of desserts, so I thought of making milk tea, I plan to make some more ice, milk tea with ice, it is a summer artifact, it should be easy to sell." ”
Don't be wild, "......"
"Ice, can you make it?"
Gu Rao nodded.
"Of course."
"I'll teach you."
Although Beno was very curious about how the ice was made, he still said rationally, "Let's learn it next time, now that the business is busy, I can't go away for too long." ”
Gu Rao nodded.
"Okay."
Then he discussed, "How much do you think is the right amount of milk tea?" ”
Besino's asked, "What kind of tea is tea?" How much did you buy it? ”
Gu Rao said, "This time I used black tea, green tea and oolong tea, about 100 wen a catty, about half a catty of each type of tea, and the cost of the tea used in these six barrels of milk tea is only about 150 wen." ”
Beye said, "Then ten cents a cup." ”
Gu Rao, "......"
"Too high, right?"
Although in the world where she lived in her previous life, pure milk and pure tea were sold at a higher price than this, the cheap ones were seventeen, eighteen or nine cups, and the more expensive ones were twenty or thirty, but considering the living standards of people in this era, she was still a little worried that ten cents a cup was too expensive for ordinary people.
Beno seemed to have guessed that his wife would say this, and there was no surprise on his face.
"A pot of tea in the teahouse costs five cents a pot, and the cheapest brick tea is used, you use good tea leaves, and milk and sugar are added, why can't you sell it for ten cents a cup?"
Gu Rao was stunned when she heard this.
"When you say this, a cup of ten cents doesn't seem to be very expensive, but in the teahouse, it's a pot of five cents, and we have a cup of ten cents here......"
"Is anyone really willing to buy it?"
Beiye looked helpless.
"You always seem to be afraid that others won't be able to afford it?"
Gu Rao, "......"
I can't refute it, because she really thinks so, her impression of the ancients is too solid, and it is estimated that it will not be corrected for a while, and I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.
Beiye said, "Milk tea is sold for ten cents a cup, and two cents are added with ice." ”
Gu Rao, "! ”
It turns out that the profiteers are around!
Bei Ye looked at his wife's shocked expression, funny and helpless, "Although you can make ice yourself, others can't, the price of ice is already expensive, and it is sold cheaply for two cents." ”
Gu Rao hurriedly said, "Two pennies are enough, don't raise the price again!" ”
Don't be wild, "Don't go up." ”
There were guests outside calling the boss, and the conversation between the couple had to be interrupted, Beiye said to Gu Rao, and easily lifted two buckets of milk tea with his left and right hands and went out.
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Gu Rao's method of making ice is to use saltpeter to make ice.
First prepare ten iron basins, pour some water into the iron basins, and then put ten iron basins smaller than the large iron basins in the ten iron basins, and pour cool white water into the small iron basins.
Finally, pour saltpeter into a large basin.
After about two quarters of an hour, the water in the basin finally condensed into ice.
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This kind of thing is naturally done by Beiye, and Gu Rao is guarding the stall outside, until it is time to sell milk tea, only to find that there is no cup that specializes in selling milk tea.
She and Beiye had two cups for drinking milk tea, but she was reluctant to take them out for others, so she had to sell them in large bowls for the time being.
"Boss Gu, no matter how delicious your milk tea is, it's just water, and it can't fill your stomach, so it's a bit unkind to sell a bowl for ten cents, right?"
"Who would pay ten pennies for a bowl of water?"
Gu Rao had long expected that the milk tea business would be a little hindered at the beginning, so she said without changing her face, "The cost of raw materials used in milk tea is high, and we can't make much money for ten cents a bowl." ”
As for what the specific raw materials are, it is inconvenient to disclose them to outsiders.
However, smart people should also guess that it will not be long before someone cracks the practice of milk tea, and at that time, they will definitely come to steal business again.
She is not worried that someone will steal her business, as long as her milk tea tastes the best, she is not afraid that others will steal her business.
Although most people are waiting, there are still some people who buy milk tea without bad money.
"Delicious!"
"I just feel that the weather is too hot, my mouth is dry, and there is no taste in my mouth, this milk tea is very thirst-quenching, and it is also delicious, boss, give me another bowl of oolong milk tea!"
After a short period of effort, five bowls of milk tea were sold.
Gu Rao breathed a sigh of relief.
The current situation is much better than she imagined that no one cared about.
Besino's bucket of ice came out.
"After only smashing two pots of ice, the bucket will be full, and the rest will be smashed when the bucket of ice is used up."
Gu Rao nodded.
"It's okay, the whole piece melts more slowly, and if you put it outside, it will melt easily when you are exposed to the sun, and then take out the rest of the ice when you run out of it."
"By the way, put two pots of ice in the big pot under the eaves, so that people who come to eat casserole rice noodles in our yard can also be cooler."
"The ice in the big basin is not edible, so let's put it at home to cool down."
(End of chapter)