Is this black tea? It's really red. ”

Looking at the red tea soup in her hand, Donna couldn't help but say something.

Jia Yi tasted the black tea in the cup, the taste was mellow and slightly sweet, similar to the black tea he once bought online, but because of the heat, there was a slight chestnut flavor.

"Do you think it's going to be popular?" he asked, expectantly.

Donna looked at the black tea in her hand and hesitated slightly: "I don't know, after all, I rarely drink tea myself, but compared to green tea, it is not so bitter, I prefer it." ”

Although tea has become more popular in Moshacher, it is not consumed much by ordinary people, let alone in other places, tea is a luxury. In fact, because of the bitter taste, plus the greasy will make people feel that there is a lack of oil and water, it is not very popular among ordinary citizens.

Jia Yi took a can of milk and added it to Donna's black tea with the tea residue removed, and handed it back: "You try again." ”

Donna looked at the hazel milk tea, took a sip with some hesitation, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and she nodded again and again: "This is good, it tastes very good, I think people will like it." ”

Jia Yi has always been accustomed to drinking pure tea, but he does not refuse milk tea, it is better to add pearls, and I have to admit that for novices, milk tea is much easier to accept than pure tea. Just like coffee, there are far fewer people who are willing to drink pure coffee than those who prefer to drink drinks with milk and sugar such as lattes.

"You can try to open a bubble tea shop on the street, so that your tea can be sold at a better price, and if the black tea can be popular, we can specialize in the black tea business, so that we can avoid competition with other tea merchants. ”

Donna nodded slowly, and subconsciously took another sip of black tea in the cup.

Although Jia Yi barely succeeded in making black tea, it doesn't mean that he has to make the next black tea by himself, and he doesn't have that effort. The farmers left on the island were all organized by Ou Lei to build warehouses in their free time, and the Andrea family left a manor, a small fortress to be precise.

For this reason, he specially invited a mage-led engineering team from Moshacher, in addition to helping to build houses and warehouses on the island, but also to help clean up the bay.

Although the bay on the island is sheltered from the east peak, there are many reefs in the bay, and it must be widened and cleared before large ships can dock, and the existing wharf is also a little insufficient after widening, and it needs to be expanded.

I stayed on and off on the island for nearly a month, and only spent a short time returning to the institute to mentor my students. At this time, Ou Lei brought nearly 1,000 calves from Leizhou to the island, and also brought several cowboys, and the original farmers also changed their roles and became ranch workers. The grass on the island has not yet grown, but the wheat has already begun to be harvested, and it is just right to feed the calves.

And the tea master they dug up also has an eyebrow.

Donna took a stack of materials and handed them to Jia Yi's eyes: "Here are a few tea masters we have selected, some of them are recommended by the Skoll Chamber of Commerce, and some of them are found by ourselves, do you want to take a look." ”

Jia Yi casually glanced at it and put it down: "It's good for you to decide, pay attention to your character, I will also sign a magic contract with the other party to bind me, as long as you work hard, it's easy to talk about treatment." ”

Donna had expected Jia Yi's attitude, and calmly put away the information: "Okay, we are going to hire this, his name is Lawrence, he has been in charge of tea making for 7 or 8 years, if you start from the apprenticeship, it has been more than 20 years, although he has been staying in a small tea garden, but his skills are good, and most importantly, he is relatively young and has a good personality." There are also two apprentices recommended by the Skoll Chamber of Commerce, and the level is not very high, and one of them is almost ready to work in the Chamber of Commerce. ”

Most of the tea masters have to go through about four or five years of apprenticeship, and then begin to participate in the tea making process, to help the master master to get started, if you can get training, about another 7 or 8 years, it is possible to get the opportunity to preside over the tea making by yourself, considered a foreman or called a master.

Lawrence is such a master, one of Donna's key concerns, if it weren't for the bankruptcy of his tea plantation, a master like this would rarely change jobs. Although there are other tea gardens that have contact with each other, there is no doubt that the tea garden represented by Donna gives the most generous treatment.

The process of digging people was not complicated, and the two guys, who were still apprentices, didn't think about refusing at all, and immediately accepted them after hearing Donna's conditions. Lawrence was a little more troublesome, but he was quickly impressed by the treatment, especially after tasting the black tea, and was even more interested, and immediately agreed.

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Sweet Island, although the official name is Bitro Island, but during this time, it is the Sweet Island that Jia Yi casually said is more widely spread.

Lawrence and his two apprentices arrived at the manor halfway up the mountain, the main body of which was almost finished, and the garden and interior were being renovated under the guidance of the botanical mage.

Kaichi and the others lived in the sunniest room in the original castle.

"Master Mage. After seeing Jiayi, they immediately saluted, and at the same time felt a sense of nervousness, and they didn't dare to raise their heads, but only dared to use their eyes to sneak aim. Mage Moshacher is not a rare animal, but the purple-robed mage is already a proper rare species.

Seeing a mage in a purple robe, they couldn't help but be nervous.

Kaichi nodded at them and said, "Welcome to Sweet Island, you will not be disappointed." Let me show you the tea workshops and warehouses. ”

With a greeting, he got up and led the three of them towards the warehouse down the hill. The three of them were a little excited, they didn't expect the mage to talk so well, just because Jiayi's attitude was too good, but it made them a little apprehensive.

They followed Jiayi, who had just run halfway up the mountain, and now they were about to run down again, and when they reached the warehouse at the foot of the mountain, they were already out of breath. Jia looked at them and asked, "Do you need to rest for a while?"

"No, no. The three of them under Lawrence shook their heads again and again, wiping the sweat from their foreheads with their hands, but they didn't dare to delay the time of the mage.

Jia saw their restraint when he saw it, and he didn't persuade them anymore, but turned around and led them into the warehouse.

"This is the warehouse where the tea leaves are stored, and the magic array is used to control the temperature and humidity of the warehouse, which is always dry and ventilated, so that the tea can be stored for a longer time. ”

This warehouse stores tea leaves that have been soaked in water, and black tea is stored later, and then points to another warehouse: "This is the warehouse where green tea is stored, and the inside is sealed on the basis of keeping it dry, so every time you enter and exit, you need to follow a strict process, otherwise it is easy to cause suffocation." ”

Lawrence was a little confused, but he could still roughly understand what he meant, the so-called green tea should be traditional tea, and the black tea he tasted before would be stored in the previous warehouse. Each of these warehouses can store 10,000 pounds (more than 9,000 catties) of tea leaves, and there is a perfect magic array of constant temperature and humidity inside, these two warehouses cost a lot of money, and also made Lawrence and the two apprentices excited, they saw such high-end equipment for the first time.

Kaichi continued to walk forward with them, and soon entered another room, Lawrence let go a little, looked at this familiar-looking room, and asked, "Is this also a warehouse?"

"No, this is a constant temperature fermentation room, and the production of black tea requires a certain amount of fermentation, and this is the fermentation place, which can provide constant temperature and humidity, and will also provide a steady stream of fresh air. Jia Yi led them to the operation room, pointed to the rows of buttons in front of them, and they were a little dizzy to see.

Then Jia Yi took them to the roasting room, finishing room and other operation rooms, although it is now about to enter the winter, there is nothing else to make on the sweet island except for those tea leaves that have been soaked in water, but he still built two sets of equipment and supporting plants. One is for making black tea, and the other is for making green tea – roasted green tea.

Jia Yi doesn't particularly like steamed green tea, it has a slight grassy taste, and after many times of kneading and juicing before steaming, the aroma is not as strong as fried green tea. Because the tea leaves are bitter, the bitter taste can be well removed after juice squeezing, and you can refer to matcha, which is almost equivalent to matcha with a stronger flavor after being ground up.

In the past, he didn't have time and didn't think about making green tea by himself, but now that there is a tea garden on the acquired island, he might as well do this easily, which can also reduce the pressure on the promotion of tea garden products, and the competition of differences is always easier to open up the situation.

Lawrence with two apprentices was a little breathtaking, the level of this mage master making tea has not been able to see, but the ability to spend money is indeed not small, this piece of tea room and warehouse to build a lot of cost is not small, many concepts are he himself has never thought of, for a while, he is a little clueless, as if back to his apprentice era.

"In the future, this is the place where you make tea, are you confident that you can make the best tea?"

If it weren't for the fact that the institute was supported by the council and pulled in part of the sponsorship, he would have been stretched thin on funds after buying the island and building a large one. Fortunately, his industry has been giving him a steady stream of blood transfusions, and he has never participated in management, and has always only paid dividends, waiting for money to be collected.

Of course, he didn't want to spend a lot of money to build these facilities in vain, although in the early days, there was no need for such good facilities - it was like a computer with tens of thousands of high-end GPUs installed and only used to watch movies and codewords, which was a complete waste.

Looking at Jia Yi's gaze, Lawrence stiffened his head and said, "Yes!"

He can only say that there is, but he is not completely without confidence, as far as these equipment are concerned, with the blessing of money, even if they can't do their best, they won't be too bad, after all, the origin of tea also has a great impact on the quality of tea. Fortunately, he had also heard of the tea plantations on the former André Island, and the quality was not bad in the whole Moshacher.

Jia nodded and looked at the two apprentices: "What about the two of you, what's your name?"

"My name is Marven, and I have faith. ”

"Gridi, me too. ”

The two apprentices were more energetic and confident, after all, the ignorant were fearless and more willing to behave.

Happy May Day!