Chapter Forty-Nine: Tea Becomes Made
The tea made in later generations, refining it is nothing more than three steps, picking tea, roasting tea, making tea, tea making at this time, but there is no fried tea, at most it is just a spread to dry the tea, so the grass taste of the tea can not be eliminated.
Different from the Tang and Song dynasties, many tea leaves made in the Tang and Song dynasties were already roasted and dried tea cakes were ground into slag and then boiled in water and drunk together, so that the grass flavor of the tea itself would be removed, but in essence, this was still the form of boiling tea.
However, the fried tea in the middle step is also an indispensable prerequisite for brewing tea, Liu Yifu specifically asked Wei Wen, Ling Sexuan The tea leaves in the two sacks they brought over were picked not long ago the night before, and the fresh tea leaves sent to Jiankang quickly and whipped, after a day, these tea leaves have wilted and curled up a little.
In fact, according to the standard steps, it is best to spread the tea leaves for a period of time before frying, so that they can evenly reduce the moisture, and then it is best to fry the tea.
The tea leaves are left to dry for a while, and at most they can be roasted and then boiled directly.
If the step of spreading drying changes the temperature, humidity, and time, it is possible to change the substances in the tea to varying degrees, and become the first step of making black tea, white tea, and oolong tea.
Some of the knowledge points in the tea, some of which are indeed common sense for Liu Yifu, but this "common sense" is a more systematic knowledge after the theory of mature tea brewing in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and these contents seem very complex but extremely reasonable, and it is no wonder that Wei Wen and the three of them were shocked by Liu Yifu's tea knowledge.
Several people also sighed again and again that there is a lot of knowledge here, and they even called it "teachable". Although Liu Yifu's move made the other party happy and convinced, it was definitely not as crooked as Liu Yifu could beat the primitive people before, so that the other party would bow his head so exaggerated, knowledge is mutual, Wei Wen's research over the years has accumulated a lot of knowledge about tea, and it has also given Liu Yifu a deeper understanding of the development of tea in this era.
Half a catty of fresh and half-dehydrated tea leaves, just rest and stop, stir-fry and cool, cool and stir-fry back and forth at least three times, this kind of stir-fried tea has a professional term called "fried green".
The first time the green is to remove the water, the second fried is to retain the fragrance, and the third fried tea is already ripe tea, these three fried tea, in addition to the temperature to be stable, the temperature of the fried green in the pot should be gradually reduced.
It takes two hours to stir-fry the tea leaves with heart, and finally spread them out before placing them evenly in the round bamboo basket to dry, in order to speed up the speed, they are also specially baked to speed up the process.
Fortunately, it has rained before, and the weather in the south is moist, and it is indeed not easy to find a sunny weather, and I have to say that God still helps.
In this way, the chickens flew and the dogs jumped, busy for almost a day, when the roasting was dry, the sky was getting dark, and finally looked at the finished product in front of him, after Liu Yifu checked the final finished tea condition, he stretched his brows and announced that the tea making was initially successful.
Several people involved in it were almost excited, especially Wei Wen, who was about to cry, and could only say that it was true...... It's not easy.
Liu Yifu looked at these teas, although the final quality was not 100% of the tea in later generations, but seven, seven, eighty, eight or eight was absolutely no problem, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, I can finally drink normal tea, I am too difficult, in order to drink it in one gulp, I also fight.
At this time, Liu Huiyuan, who was bored and went out to play, also walked back, looking curiously at this group of crying and laughing artifact humans, in Liu Huiyuan's children, several uncles who behaved strangely when they were children have always been imprinted in their minds.
As soon as Liu Huiyuan heard that there was food and drink, her eyes immediately widened a little, and she was extremely looking forward to it.
After hearing that it was the green striped leaves in the round basket to soak in water and drink, Liu Huiyuan's little face was a little bitter, because she secretly tasted it in the afternoon, it was so bitter, this is the most bitter thing that children have ever eaten......
Immediately Liu Huiyuan refused on the spot, this is simply poison, how can there be such a bad thing, but Liu Yifu couldn't stand it and flickered vigorously, claiming that this thing can only be drunk by soaking in water, and then asked Liu Huiyuan if she ate it secretly, and then lied to her that she was drying the toxins in it before, and if she ate this thing directly, she would have a rotten stomach after a day.
Liu Huiyuan's face turned white in fright, and she hurriedly shook her hand and said that she had never eaten it, and she had never taken a stitch from the masses, and then cried and begged her brother not to let her stomach rot.
Well, in fact, Liu Yifu knew that his sister was secretly eating yin tea there in the afternoon, and someone told him......
Then Liu Yifu continued to fool, saying that this can only be cured if he has drunk this soaked water.
I don't know how Liu Yifu came up with such a reason, similar logic is that a poisonous weed needs the water soaked in the poisonous weed itself to be cured, it's just nonsense, I can't stand Liu Yifu's words are very infectious, it's really like that, so Liu Huiyuan snorted and said that she was willing to try to drink it.
Liu Huiyuan thought to herself, Brother has been tossing this thing for so long, there must be a correct way to open it, otherwise such a bitter thing will be drunk by my sister.
The group that listened to Liu Yifu's remarks to scare his sister on the side let out a good-natured laugh, and no one debunked Liu Yifu's tricks, only the little cook smashed her mouth twice, and her face was a little bitter.
Liu Yifu was still a little strange at the time, knowing that she came to Liu Yifu in private, and also wanted to ask for a bowl of tea, because this little cook who had been working hard to burn the fire said with a crying voice that she also stole the dry tea leaves......
In this way, Liu Yifu looked at Liu Huiyuan and the little chef who had eaten the "poison", and couldn't cry or laugh, so she had to say that everyone who came to participate in the fried tea could get a cup of brewed tea, come to taste it, and "disinfect" it by the way.
Half a catty of tea is not much, but it is more than enough to deal with these people in front of him, Liu Yifu also let everyone "test the poison" and taste it to see how the feedback is, so he took out a part of everyone present can taste this newly made tea.
Only things that are recognized by the broad masses of the people are good things.