In addition to the identity of a famous Confucian, Chen Yuan is first and foremost a son, and he has been famous for his poetry all his life.

Since he is a son, most of them like to fight tea and taste tea.

Picking up the tea cup that was still steaming, Chen Yuan first looked at its color, and tasted it: "The tea soup is green, and the background color is light yellow, this is ...... I don't know how to evaluate it. ”

The first part of the tea tasting stumped Chen Yuan.

Because of the Song Dynasty tea fight, the pure white tea soup is the best, indicating that the tea buds are fat and tender, and the production is just right.

If the tea soup is blue and white, it means that the heat is not enough when steaming the tea.

If the tea soup is grayish-white, then the heat has passed when the tea is steamed.

The tea soup is yellowish and white, and it belongs to the inferior tea.

The tea brewed by Zhu Guoxiang in front of him is blue-green, with a slight hint of amber yellow. This is out of the scope of tea fighting, more like a light green loose tea (steamed green) tea soup, according to the rules, it is not eligible to be tasted by Yashi.

Zhu Guoxiang continued to boil chicken soup: "Gentleman Qingfen, Your Excellency has seen its color, please smell its fragrance again." ”

"I have already smelled it," Chen Yuan said, "the aroma of the group tea is stuffy, just like that rich and noble." The aroma of this tea is clear, just like that indifferent Yashi. ”

Tea tasting in the Song Dynasty was also in pursuit of elegance and nature.

However, in order to get rid of the astringency, it can only be soaked in water, juiced and other means, resulting in the loss of too many active ingredients in the tea, so that the aroma and taste are greatly reduced. Then you have to boil tea paste to enhance the aroma and taste of the tea, and as a result, you will bring back the green and stuffy atmosphere of steamed tea.

Therefore, the fragrance of group tea is very stuffy and thick, and there are very few that can achieve a clear fragrance, and ordinary people can't afford to drink it at all.

The bowls of tea brewed by Zhu Guoxiang, although the soup color is not in the stream, the aroma is superb.

Min Wenwei couldn't help but take a sip first, and tasted it carefully: "Slightly bitter, not astringent, and lacking sweetness...... No, there is also a sweetness, but the return is not as fast as the group tea. The feeling of being smooth is not as good as group tea, but it has a different taste. ”

Zhu Guoxiang made green tea, how can it not be astringent?

But compared to group tea, the astringency is negligible.

If you want to make the group tea not bitter, you have to add spices when boiling the tea paste. However, with the addition of spices, the astringency is suppressed, and the original taste of the tea is also suppressed.

The real advantage of tuancha is that it is smooth and smooth, and it is far superior to fried tea in this regard.

Taken together, it can only be said that each has its own merits.

Chen Yuan also took two sips, and suddenly sighed: "When I was a child, I read the sentence 'Si Xu is fried into a room full of fragrance', and I have always been puzzled by its meaning, it turns out that tea can really be fried." ”

This sentence comes from Liu Yuxi's "Xishan Lanruo Tea Song", which describes the mountain monk entertaining him to drink tea, indicating that the Tang Dynasty had the technology of roasting tea.

But in the poem, the mountain monk makes tea, not only to fry, but also to fry. It is likely that the tea is fried first, then fried like medicine, thrown into a pile of green onions, ginger and garlic, and finally drank the decoction of the tea soup. This way of drinking is different from the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

Min Wenwei held the teacup and concluded: "Looking at its color, the green is gratifying; Smell it, the fragrance is high. Sure enough, it is a gentleman Qingfen, this gentleman's tea! ”

Chen Yuan added: "The soup of group tea, under the blow, the soup noodles are magnificent and complex, just like a mansion Huayu. And the soup noodles of this tea are unremarkable, like a thatched hut in a bad alley. The taste of the tea group is sweet and mellow, bitter and bitter are contained in it, and the sweetness is very fast, which inevitably has the suspicion of quick success; This tea is bitter but not astringent, sweet and sweet slowly and long, although indifferent but does not lose its original taste. Zi said, a spoonful of food, a scoop of drink, people in the alley are unbearable, and they will not change their pleasure when they go back. This sage's tea, this Yanhui's tea! ”

Zhu Ming just drank the teacup and smiled.

The two brothers in front of him were obviously affected by Zhu Guoxiang's words, and they had a preconceived perception deviation, and they had to associate fried tea with gentlemen both horizontally and vertically.

"I want to have a drink too!"

Zheng Fatzi came over quietly, he listened curiously next to him, and planned to taste the taste of fried tea.

His family is a tea merchant, if this tea is really that good, you can buy it for crazy hype.

Zheng Hong is very keenly aware of business opportunities!

Zhu Ming poured out the tea leaves and made a bowl for Zheng Hong.

When the tea was a little cooler, Zheng Hong took a sip and shouted in his heart. He prefers to drink group tea, although the astringency is heavier, but it is pressed by spices, sweet, mellow, smooth and refreshing, much more delicious than this broken fried tea!

Zheng Fatzi thought to himself, I am really not a gentleman, and I am not used to drinking gentleman's tea.

"How?" Zhu Ming asked with a smile.

Zheng Hong immediately exclaimed: "It's really good tea!" ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "What is a good method?" ”

Zheng Hong held back for a long time and said, "It's as good as what the mountain chief and Mr. Chen said." ”

"Hahahaha!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately laughed.

Chen Yuan briefly summarized: "The taste of group tea is too complicated, like the five colors in the world, but it loses the true taste of tea." This roasted tea has one of the best, the miscellaneous flavors are gone, and the original flavor is always left. ”

Zheng Hong couldn't help asking, "How much of this tea is there in Daming Village?" ”

Without waiting for his father to speak, Zhu Ming preemptively said: "This tea is not easy to make, the output is very small, and the price is expensive. ”

Zheng Hong hurriedly said: "The price is easy to discuss, let's come with two hundred catties first!" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "It may not be possible to produce so much, since the Zheng family is willing to buy it, I will go back and let the tea workers make some." The price does not take advantage of the Zheng family, and the grade is comparable to that of the group tea. ”

It's so dark!

The production process of group tea is extremely complex, time-consuming, and the selection of tea buds is more stringent. The production cost of one pound of group tea can make at least five or six pounds of fried tea, and Zhu Guoxiang actually set the price the same.

Especially those "old leaves" in late spring, they are not even qualified to make third-class group tea, and can only be made into loose tea drunk by the people at the bottom. But it doesn't matter if it is made into fried tea, the taste is just worse, and it can be sold at a lower price.

If this thing is hyped well, it is simply a profiteering business.

Zheng Hong said again: "If my family buys this gentleman's tea, can you write down what the gentlemen just said?" ”

"Naturally." Min Wenwei smiled.

Min Wenwei is so active, it is clear that she wants to make a name for herself. Once the roasted tea sells well, his fame can also spread, letting countless people know that he is a true gentleman who knows how to taste tea.

Zhu Ming called Bai Sheng and asked him to go back to the house to get pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Min Wenwei took the lead in writing down his comments on roasted tea.

Then it was passed to Chen Yuan, who said with a smile: "Such a good tea, my generation can't specialize in beauty, and more people must eat it." ”

Finally, the pen and paper were passed to Zhu Ming.

Zhu Ming wrote only two words: loose tea.

Zheng Hong's eyes lit up, and he already knew what it meant.

Tuan tea must go to the tea and horses, and 20% of the price must be withdrawn, which is called "tea breath", that is, the tea leaves the factory and is taxed 20%.

Take it to other places for sale, pay off the card along the way, and collect taxes once after passing a checkpoint. If you sell locally, you have to pay a purchase fee in addition to the store tax.

Loose tea, on the other hand, is allowed to be sold without tea and horse. Although it can only be sold locally, and there is a quota limit, the operation space is very large, and the related purchase money is also very low.

The appearance of roasted tea is similar to that of steamed loose tea, and it can be reasonably avoided under the guise of loose tea!

Zheng Hong asked, "Can you give two cylinders first?" ”

"Take it." Zhu Guoxiang pushed over the two bamboo tubes.

Zheng Hong put away the tea leaves and comments, and said, "Late students retire first!" ”

The goods rushed all the way down the mountain, rushed home to his father's yard, found his father not at home, and ran towards his grandfather's yard.

His grandfather's name is Zheng Lan, and when he saw his grandson come back, his first reaction was to scold: "Why did you skip school again?" If you don't want to learn, you should stay in the college and make more friends. Most of the students of the academy are wealthy children of Yangzhou, and being able to make friends with them is good for our family's business! ”

"Weng Weng," Zheng Hong said coquettishly, "I went home this time, but I had something serious." ”

"What other serious things do you have besides eating, drinking, and merrymaking?" Zheng Lan didn't have a good airway.

"This is tea," Zheng Hong took out the bamboo tube first, and then handed over the piece of paper, "This is the words of the mountain chief and Mr. Chen tasting tea." ”

Zheng Lan read the comments carefully, and said in disbelief: "This tea is really that good?" ”

Zheng Hong said: "I didn't taste it, but the gentlemen said that it was good, it must be excellent." Even if it's not good, you have to say it's good, otherwise you're not a gentleman. ”

Zheng Lan was amused by these words: "Haha, it's true. A gentleman should drink gentleman's tea, if you can't drink gentleman's tea, you are not a true gentleman. Although there are few true gentlemen in the world, there are many hypocrites. And the more hypocrites there are, the better the gentleman's tea will sell. ”

Zheng Hong pointed to the word loose tea again: "Weng Weng, please take a look." ”

Zheng Lan immediately opened the bamboo tube, poured out some tea leaves in the palm of his hand, and carefully observed and smelled the taste: "It is indeed not steamed, and the fragrance is not stuffy." If it can be sold as loose tea, you don't have to hide it from the tea and horses, and you can save a lot of tax interest. The officials are very sluggish, and there are still public servants in our family in the department, and they have to grind for several years, and when Junzi Tea is marketed in Yangzhou, they will know that they have come to raise taxes. ”

Zheng Lan asked the servant to boil the water again and asked, "Brew it like loose tea?" ”

"Just brew." Zheng Hong said.

After a little cold, Zheng Lan began to taste tea.

He has sold tea all his life, and his evaluation is extremely accurate: "This tea is better than a pure word, to remove its bitterness, to retain its original taste, there must be people who love to drink." ”

There is no need to pretend at home, Zheng Hong said his true thoughts: "I think the group tea is more delicious, this kind of tea is not very tasty." ”

"Cow chewing peony, you know what a fart," Zheng Lan scolded and said, "These two tubes of tea are left, and I will put them for guests." By the way, who makes Junzi tea? ”

Zheng Hong said: "It is the Eight Elements scholar Zhu Chenggong, whose father is also a recluse Confucian, and has a relationship with Lu Tixue and Mr. Chen. ”

Zheng Lan pondered: "Mr. Chen, I know that it is the famous Confucian of Nanjian invited by the mountain chief. Lu Tixue is also very knowledgeable, both of them appreciate it, it seems that Zhu Chenggong's father is really a great Confucian. This is better to sell gentleman's tea, but you have already ordered it from them? ”

Zheng Hong replied: "I ordered two hundred catties, saying that this tea is not easy to make, and it may not be able to produce so much." The price is also roughly discussed, and it is sold according to the price of the group tea. ”

"Scarcity is expensive, after we buy it, the price will have to rise," Zheng Lan smiled with a profiteer, "How can the tea that a gentleman drink not sell expensive?" The more expensive it is, the more face it will be for the person who buys it. ”

Zheng Hong suggested: "You can let the craftsman make the tea tube, carve the plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum, and then carve some gentleman's poems, and sell the tea belt tube together!" ”

Zheng Lan was relieved and praised: "I can do business like this, it's really a thousand miles of my family!" ”

This old man and young man actually plan to sell roasted tea as a high-end gift.

With Min Wenwei and Chen Yuan as endorsements, from the hands of the father of the Eight Elements Scholar, the tea maker has a very good personal relationship with Lu Tixue, and he also has some gentlemanly qualities, and this year's output is also small, and he already has all the elements of luxury.

It's just a piece of, and it can be sold at the price of gold!

(End of chapter)