Live as the emperor

Chapter 106 Black Tea and Green Tea

Chen Guang likes this kind of natural scenery very much, of course he only likes it. It is impossible to live in this kind of place, just like you have always wanted to travel but the idea of ​​living in a tourist area is not strong.

Although it is already late autumn, the mountains and forests are still lush and green.

Chen Guang and the others came to the top of the mountain. This is a relatively low part between the two mountains. Relatively speaking, it is a place that can be climbed by pure human power. A stockade similar to the bandit base was built here. There are usually two guards.

Wu Zhu has already arrived, because it is the first transaction, he is actually leading the team by himself, and he has the same idea as Chen Guang.

The two met again, both dressed in formal attire, looked at each other with a smile, and Chen Guang said, "The prince will be fine?"

Wu Zhu also laughed, and said, "Don't come here without any problems."

He went on to say: "This tea is the last one this year. The newly planted tea trees have not yet reached the picking period. It will be winter soon, and they are all old. I have brought them from all over the place."

Indeed, it is definitely not easy to find tea leaves with young buds in this season. As for whether there are fresh tea leaves picked in autumn, Chen Guang dare not guarantee that there are any. It has something to do with the climate. Since Wu Zhu brought Tea, let's take a look.

"Hard work." Although Wu Zhu also wanted to make money, it was hard work for him to collect tea leaves everywhere. Chen Guang praised him and asked, "Where are the tea leaves? Let me see."

Seeing Wu Zhu's enthusiasm for money, Chen Guang almost thought that this guy was just a businessman.

The tea leaves are picked out in baskets. There are more than a dozen baskets in total. Although it looks like a lot, once the tea is made, it would be nice to fill one basket.

When Chen Guang came to a basket of tea leaves, he took a look at it first. To be honest, the overall quality of the tea was still a little different from what he had imagined, as there were some old leaves in it.He inserted his whole hand into the basket, grabbed a handful of tea leaves from the bottom, sniffed them at the tip of his nose, and said encouragingly, "It's not bad."

Holding the most tender-looking bud, he said to Wu Zhu: "Generally speaking, the tea can be picked when it grows to this state. When the buds just come out, the leaves that exceed three inches will be serious."

Wu Zhu was very surprised, said: "You want such tender ones?"

When Chen Guang said that he wanted young shoots before, he thought it would be fine as long as the leaves hadn't completely turned green. Unexpectedly, Chen Guang's requirements were even more stringent today.

Chen Guangdao: "If you want to make the best tea, you must use the best raw materials."

This should be regarded as punishment for stealing things for Wu Zhu, haha.

Wu Zhu didn't say anything, and thought about it in his mind, at worst, he would earn a little less, but it was still profitable.Because this place in Guangdong faces east, there is plenty of heat, and the growth of animals and plants is faster.

After inspecting the tea leaves, Chen Guang had his weight approved, and then directly allocated the full amount of silver. The people Wu Zhu brought put the boxes containing the money in baskets and carried them back to Guangdong.And Chen Guang also asked people to bag the tea and transport it back to the tea processing factory.

The tea leaves are spread out on a huge flat round stone plate in the yard, and all the tea masters gather around the stone plate to watch.

"Wow, there are still such tender tea leaves at this time, this Guangdong is really strange." A master said.

In everyone's impression, tea leaves are picked in spring and summer. Now it is late autumn and the tea trees are all old. How can there be such tender tea leaves.

"Is it necessary to make tea leaves so tender? Wouldn't that be too wasteful?" A master said, he thinks that the leaves of tea trees are fine, as long as they are not too old and have no tendons, they can be used as tea leaves.

Although they were very satisfied with the raw material, and even thought it was a luxury, Chen Guang was not satisfied. He said, "In this way, you can pick out all the tea leaves in it, which are longer than two inches, and throw them away."

"Ah? This..." Everyone was shocked. Such a tender leaf should be thrown away?This is too luxurious, too luxurious.

Sun Peng said: "His Royal Highness, this tea is rare and tender. It is enough for making tea. The raw materials for making tea in Prince Jin's Mansion last time were at this level."

Chen Guangdao: "It's because the raw materials were not good enough last time, so I think it's hard to drink. This time we must keep improving. Why, is there a problem?"

Now that we have reached this point, if there is any problem, Sun Peng stopped talking and said: "Everyone choose quickly, I will take the old one for you to practice, don't really lose it."

Chen Guang was ashamed, why didn't he think of it, Old Ye Zi could let them use it for practice, after all, everyone had never done it before.

So everyone began to pick out tea leaves, and they were sorted quickly. Sun Peng and another teacher, Yang Cheng, went to guide these newcomers to make tea for the first time.

It is worth noting that the process of frying tea did not exist at this time. The concept of frying tea was also proposed by Chen Guang, and he directly used the requirements and procedures of later generations of frying tea.

Chen Guang planned to use this batch of tea leaves today, and asked Master Sun and Master Yang to make some black tea and some green tea.

The difference between black tea and green tea lies only in the craftsmanship, not the raw materials.

The processing of green tea is simply divided into three steps: finishing, rolling and drying. The key lies in the first process of the initial production, namely finishing.

Finishing plays a decisive role in the quality of green tea.Through high temperature, the characteristics of enzymes in fresh leaves are destroyed, and the oxidation of polyphenols is prevented to prevent the leaves from turning red; at the same time, part of the water in the leaves is evaporated to soften the leaves and create conditions for kneading and shaping.

Kneading is a process for green tea to shape its shape.Through the use of external force, the leaves are crushed and lightened, rolled into strips, reduced in size, and easy to brew.At the same time, part of the tea juice is squeezed and attached to the surface of the leaves, which also plays an important role in improving the concentration of tea taste.

The tea leaves after kneading are dried or dried, even if they can be finished products.

For black tea, it must first go through the process of withering.

Withering refers to the process in which fresh leaves lose water over a period of time, causing certain hard and brittle stem leaves to wilt and wither. It is the first process in the initial production of black tea.After withering, water can be evaporated appropriately, and the leaves will be soft and tough, making them easier to shape.In addition, this process and the disappearance of the grassy smell and the emergence of the fragrance of tea are important processing stages in forming the aroma of black tea.

The next step is rolling, which is the same as green tea. It allows the tea leaves to show their shape and make it easier to brew.

The third step is also different from green tea, black tea has to undergo a fermentation.

Fermentation is a unique stage of black tea production. After fermentation, the leaf color changes from green to red, forming the quality characteristics of black tea with red leaves and red soup.Under the action of rolling the leaves, the tissue cell membrane structure is destroyed and the permeability is increased, allowing the polyphenols to fully contact with the oxidase, causing oxidative polymerization under the action of the enzyme, and other chemical components also undergo profound changes accordingly, making the green leaves The tea leaves will turn red and form the color, fragrance and quality of black tea.

The principle is like this, but to make tea with a good taste, you must go through countless times of practice, including the method of frying the tea, the temperature of baking, etc. Once it is not done well, the taste will be very different .

Yang Cheng took all the tea leaves that were too old in Chen Guang's view as teaching materials for students, while Sun Peng left the most essential part, and Chen Guang planned to use this part of the tea leaves to make some black tea. A little green tea.

This time, Sun Peng needed to do it in front of Chen Guang, and what he didn't know was that Chen Guang was not only watching the scene, but thousands of eyes in the live broadcast room were also watching him. Among them was a retired tea-making master, who taught Chen Guang the tea-making methods.At this moment, he was drinking tea, sitting in front of the computer prepared by his grandson, and meticulously watching every step of Sun Peng's tea making as if teaching a student.

Every action of Sun Peng was noticed by the master tea maker. Once he felt that something was wrong, he would bring it up, and this opinion would be conveyed to Sun Peng through Chen Guang's mouth.

Sun Peng was very surprised that Chen Guang was proficient in making tea, because as we all know, His Royal Highness King Jin made a multi-spindle spinning machine that shocked the world. To the extent that he has his own unique insights, he finds it very shocking. The carpentry and tea are so big, and they can play so smoothly. His Royal Highness Jin Wang is indeed His Royal Highness Jin Wang.

After more than an hour, Sun Peng's first pot of tea was discarded, and Chen Guang felt that the taste was not right, which made Sun Peng very frustrated, but Chen Guang comforted him and said it was okay, let's do it again.Sun Peng was much more careful the second time, and Chen Guang gave very detailed instructions the first time, the taste of the tea made the second time was much better, and Sun Peng himself drank some, he felt that the first time It tasted very good, just like the fine nectar that the Queen Mother drank, but the second time it tasted better, which also aroused his spirit of exploration, how good can this tea be?

After working for a long time, he finally made a pot of tea, which passed Chen Guang's inspection. Of course, it was green tea.Later, Chen Guang instructed him to make a can of black tea.Except for these two cans of tea, he decided to reward the other tea leaves to the recognized and guards of the tea factory, and everyone has a share.Everyone has never drank tea made in this way. After drinking tea according to Chen Guang’s teaching method, they immediately fell in love with it like an addiction.

Of course, this was out of Chen Guangneng's business. Chen Guang quickly returned to the capital from the tea processing factory with two cans of tea.Because, in a few days, it will be Chen Ang's birthday, and he has to rush back to celebrate Chen Ang's birthday.If you can't make it back, it will really kill the dog.

(End of this chapter)