Shenhao Started From Bragging About Paying Taxes

Chapter 270: British Black Tea? Get it done with four fingers

Zhou’s twin sisters and Tian Jinpeng are not the only juniors. There is also a young man named Guo Jiangming.

He was not very young, and his attitude was modest, but he happily yelled “Uncle Li” to Li Tianyu.

After introducing each other, a few people pushed me into the restaurant.

As mentioned earlier, this meal was arranged by Tian Luoning.

The private room he booked was called the Kingdom Hall.

Just listen to the name and feel domineering.

As soon as I entered the private room, I felt a strong Baroque style.

The floor is even more powerful, dark brown, with beautiful patterns, it is said that this is called maple spring floor.

Even though I stepped on it, I didn’t feel like jumping up.

The Kingdom Hall is of course very large. There must be fifty or sixty square meters. It can fit three dining tables, and also has large ring sofas, conference tables, entertainment equipment and so on.

The Kingdom Hall is regarded as the top private room here, and the private room alone is quite expensive.

Of course, for these big people who have a lot of money and a face, this little money is not money, it’s drizzle.

The crowd sat down around the dining table, and then they started talking.

Li Tianyu didn’t say much, anyway, he came here because he had a meal. He has the time to talk, so it’s better to eat a few more dishes.

The main dish here is the so-called local cuisine, which looks very beautiful and tastes good, at least in line with Li Tianyu’s taste.

Zhou Ruiling was sitting next to Li Tianyu and couldn’t help but say: “Can’t you pay attention to the image?”

Li Tianyu glanced at the other person: “I’m not your boyfriend, why do you care about being so generous?”

Zhou Ruiling was speechless for a while.

Zhou Ruiling asked in a low voice, “Hey, what is your name?”

Li Tianyu: “My name is Uncle Li.”

Zhou Ruiling’s face turned red.

This guy really can’t spit out ivory from the dog’s mouth.

At this time, Li Tianyu noticed that Guo Jiangming was whispering and whispering to Tian Jinpeng, and looked at him from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally.

Obviously these two “little guys” have no good intentions towards Li Tianyu.

But it doesn’t matter, Li Tianyu is really not afraid of anyone now.

If you want to treat him badly, just let it go. It will definitely make these people unable to eat.

Fortunately, this meal was well eaten.

After the meal, everyone began to gather for tea and chat again.

Li Tianyu and Ai Baoquan chatted about some personal matters.

Ai Baoquan told him that tomorrow was the internal sales ceremony of the Magic City Center Building, and asked Li Tianyu if he was interested in participating.

Originally, Li Tianyu was not interested in this kind of occasion, but since he came for the office building project of the Magic City Center Building, of course he still wanted to take a look.

Li Tianyu: “What time is tomorrow?”

Ai Baoquan: “At ten o’clock in the morning, start on time.”

Li Tianyu: “Okay, then I will go over tomorrow.”

Ai Baoquan: “You will wait for me in the lobby on the first floor then, and I will take you there.”

Since the Magic Center Building is an internal sales ceremony, it is not accessible to everyone.Only an invited person like Ai Baoquan can flow unimpeded.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Tian Luoning shouted: “Come in.”

Several waiters opened the door and came in, pushing a small dining car.

What’s on the small dining car is not meals, but various and dazzling tea sets.

Because this is the Magic Peace Hotel, in addition to Chinese tea, English tea is also provided, which is a very authentic British black tea.

A waiter respectfully bowed to the crowd, and asked, “Which kind of tea do you drink?”

Zhou Weijun laughed: “To be honest, I like Zhongyuan tea better than drinking foreign tea.”

Tian Luoning waved his hand: “If you don’t entangle this, then you will want both Central Plains tea and foreign tea.”

Ai Baoquan laughed: “Yes, children do multiple choice questions.”

Li Tianyu glanced at Ai Baoquan, thinking that you old boy really know this.

The colorful flags are fluttering outside, but the red flags at home will not fall down.

The wife and the child are hot-headed, and they don’t conflict with the flowers and the grass at all.

Guo Jiangming rolled his eyes and said, “Young people like us like to get in touch with some Western things. The British black tea at the Peace Hotel is quite famous. It’s a waste not to drink it.”

Speaking of this, Guo Jiangming glanced at Li Tianyu: “Don’t you think? Uncle Li.”

Uncle Li Tianyu looked up at Guo Jiangming and then at Tian Jinpeng.

Tian Jinpeng’s face turned out to be a smirk.

Obviously, this is a good discussion between the two.

I just don’t know what it means.

Where is Li Tianyu so stupid that he jumped into the pit: “Xian Nephew, then you are wrong. I really like to drink Zhongyuan tea.”

Ai Baoquan said immediately: “Yes, you don’t know yet, my brother Li is a master of tea ceremony.”

When everyone heard it, they were very surprised.

Tea ceremony is not a popular thing among older people.

Few people even drink tea, let alone study the tea ceremony.

Guo Jiangming and Tian Jinpeng looked at each other, a little unclear.

At this time, Guo Jiangming said again: “British black tea is also tea. Since Uncle Li is a master of tea ceremony, he must know more about it, right?”

Ai Baoquan waved his hand: “Can that be the same? Different cultures.”

Zhou Ruiling also noticed that Tian Jinpeng and Guo Jiangming wanted to fix Li Tianyu.

In their eyes, Li Tianyu was the Phoenix man, and it was a matter of minutes for him to embarrass him in public.

For example, this British black tea, the more formal drinking method is exquisite.

What is this called?

British nobility tea culture.

Most people in the country don’t have access to these, so they don’t even drink it at all, and occasionally drink it blindly.

Tian Jinpeng: “Yes, most people don’t understand British black tea. Even under our conditions, it can only be drunk once in a while. By the way, it is authentic, not instant.”

However, Li Tianyu suddenly said: “Mr. Ai, don’t tell me, I do have some research on British black tea.”

Guo Jiangming pretended to be surprised and said: “Yeah, do you really have research? You are indeed a tea ceremony master, then we really want to hear your old man’s research results.”

Li Tianyu smiled and walked to the dining car, glanced at the dining utensils on it, and nodded: “It’s the Peace Hotel. Just looking at this set of tableware reveals a taste of British aristocracy.”

“laugh!”

Zhou Ruiling couldn’t help laughing out loud.

Li Tianyu’s rhetoric is too greasy, where does it look like a tea ceremony expert?

Tian Jinpeng: “I said, you won’t study for a long time, just study some tea sets, right?”

Tian Luoning heard her son say something wrong, and scolded: “How can I talk to your Uncle Li!?”

Li Tianyu waved his hand: “It’s not my nephew Tian, ​​I didn’t make it clear.”

The two sisters Zhou Ruiling and Zhou Ruijin couldn’t help but smile at each other.

This Li Tianyu’s words are really interesting.

Tian Jinpeng opened his mouth and said nothing.

Uncle Li, Uncle Li screamed, this is really awkward.

The key point is that Li Tianyu still keeps using this to pinch him, Tian Jinpeng, and he is really mad at him.

At this time, I just heard Li Tianyu continue to say: “In fact, this British black tea is not a special thing. There used to be no tea in the British Isles, but it was passed down to China.”

Li Tianyu’s tone was light and casual, the clouds were light, and the weight was light.

The attention of everyone was immediately attracted.

Of course, what Li Tianyu just said was not unpopular knowledge.

Some people know it, but some people don’t.

Zhou Ruijin: “Passed in the country? When was that? It should be a long time ago, right?”

Li Tianyu shook his finger: “It’s not too far to say that it’s a long time. It’s probably passed from the Ming Dynasty, it’s only a few hundred years.”

Then, Li Tianyu continued talking.

And what I said next is more hard-core.

“During the Ming Dynasty, the tea farmers in the Wuyishan tea area in Jiannan Prefecture invented the tea-making process of black tea, which is simply fermentation. This tea is called Lapsang Souchong in China.”

“Later in the 17th century, after what is now called the great nautical era, Britain began to trade with all over the world. At that time, the Central Plains began to export tea to the British Isles.”

Li Tianyu looked at the crowd and continued: “But the afternoon tea culture in Britain must start from Portugal. Tea at that time was a very precious product and only the nobles could enjoy it, so it became a status symbol.”

When Zhou Weijun heard this, he said in amazement: “Yeah, how do you know this in detail? Isn’t it the one who learned this?”

Tian Jinpeng’s eyes widened: “You didn’t mean Baidu just now, did you?”

Of course Li Tianyu knows.

His “tea ceremony master” ability is not only effective for Central Plains tea, but also has a thorough understanding of tea culture at home and abroad.

Li Tianyu did not take care of Tian Jinpeng, and continued: “Probably in 1662, when Princess Catherine of Portugal married King Charles II of England, her dowry carried more than two hundred pounds of Lapsang Souchong and some exquisite Zhongyuan tea sets. At this time, black tea really began to be introduced to Britain, but only those at the court level were eligible to enjoy it.”

At this time, Li Tianyu touched the gorgeous European-style teapot: “Because Lapsang Souchong tea is black, it is called ‘BlackTea’ by the British.”

Everyone suddenly realized why the English “BlackTea” is not black tea, but black tea.

Of course, Guo Jiangming was still not convinced.

Li Tianyu has said so much, it’s all about playing tricks, just take the time to check it out on the Internet.

Guo Jiangming: “Uncle Li, you have said so much, will you make British black tea? The tea ceremony master can’t just say it, right?”

Li Tianyu: “Okay, since everyone has time, let’s see how to make this British black tea, it can be considered authentic.”

After Li Tianyu finished saying this, everyone’s interest was raised.

Everyone is rich.

The definition of a rich person is not much different from that of a “idle person.”

As long as you have money, you can buy time, mainly time to play around.

If a wealthy person seems busy, there are only two possibilities.First, he is too ambitious and pursues a fast-paced life, which he asked for himself.

Second, he is a “fake rich man” with a glamorous appearance, but in fact he has a lot of foreign debts and is busy tearing down the east wall by the west wall.

At this time, I saw Li Tianyu signal the waiter to start a little bit.

Among these waiters, one is a senior waiter named Mike, who is specially made on-site for everyone.

Although Mike has the face of a Chinese, he is a foreign Chinese and he was invited by the Peace Hotel with a lot of money.

Hearing Li Tianyu want to show his skills, Mike persuaded: “Sir, are you sure you want to do it yourself? Authentic British black tea is very cumbersome.”

Li Tianyu waved his hand: “Tea is the same thing in ancient and modern China and foreign countries. The method is actually not important. The key is to control the heat, and I can handle it.”

Tian Jinpeng: “Yes, let’s see how Uncle Li makes British black tea.”

Guo Jiangming: “Hey, you forgot one condition, that is, the authentic, noodles and delicious British black tea.”

Zhou Ruiling: “Brother Guo Jiangming, the two conditions you mentioned.”

Guo Jiangming: “…”

I saw Li Tianyu start playing with those gorgeous European-style tea sets on the dining car.

At this time, Tian Jinpeng couldn’t help saying: “Mike, you have to see clearly. If our uncle Li makes a mistake, you have to remind in time, don’t let this young elder be unable to get off the stage.”

Tian Luoning glared at Tian Jinpeng, but did not reprimand him again.

Everyone present felt that Li Tianyu was bragging, and he would play it in a while.

British black tea looks simple, but it is still very particular about making it, and sometimes it almost doesn’t work.

In fact, European-style tea is much simpler than Zhongyuan tea.

To put it bluntly, with Li Tianyu’s current tea ceremony level, he can’t use one hand, he only needs four fingers to do it.

The utensils and materials here are all complete.

High-end European black tea leaves, purified water, white sand grains, and fresh paper temperature sterilized milk.

I saw Li Tianyu immediately began to operate.

He first pours pure water into the kettle, turns on the small European-style tea stove and fires.

Instead of stopping to wait for it to boil, he put a glass of water in the gorgeous teapot, placed it next to the small tea stove, and changed the angle every ten seconds.

Zhou Ruiling couldn’t help asking: “What are you doing? Then don’t you know where to put the teapot?”

Li Tianyu was happy and said, “Let this little master help me answer it.”

“Little Master” refers to Mike.

Mike was a little surprised and said, “Is it heating the teapot?”

Li Tianyu nodded.

At this time, everyone understood.

This is Li Tianyu, really an expert, and he is meticulous in such small details.

Now let alone the so-called European-style black tea practices in other places, even in the Peace Hotel, it is basically not so particular.

At this time, the water in the kettle had already boiled, making a “cooing” sound.

Li Tianyu flew with both hands, only to see several tea cups lying on the dining table like a part of his body, it was called a neat one.

Li Tianyu turned off the fire, picked up a teaspoon, took a spoon from the tea pot, and put it into a teacup.

Put a spoon in each teacup, no more, no less, almost no difference in quantity.

After this operation, Mike looked at it with a horror.

Too fast, too accurate.

Even his black tea waiter who has been working for many years is not so good.