Chapter 3 Fried Tea
"You can get rich, you can get rich. Fried tea only appeared in the Ming Dynasty. People in the Northern Song Dynasty are still drinking tea. It seems that even high-temperature evaporated loose tea has not yet appeared. If I directly make fried green tea, it will not be
Send it directly." The more Zhao Weiji thought about it, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help but drool.
"My lord, my lord, are you okay?" Yunxiang on the side saw drool dripping from the corner of Zhao Weiji's mouth, and thought he was suffering from another illness, so she couldn't help but asked worriedly.
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhao Weiji quickly wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and then explained a little awkwardly: "I was thinking about something just now. By the way, Yunxiang, is there any fresh tea in the house?"
"Well, it doesn't seem to be the case. Fresh tea doesn't taste good, and it can't be kept. The mansion generally won't buy it. The only tea in the mansion now is Tuancha. Why do you want fresh tea, sir?"
"Something happened. I need fresh tea leaves to do some experiments. If we don't have it in the house, can we buy it outside?" Zhao Weiji asked.
"It's probably possible, but it might take some time to look for it."
"Oh, it doesn't matter if you spend some time. Find someone to buy some and bring it back. The cheapest one will do, but it must be fresh. Go buy two kilograms first and bring it back."
"Then I'll tell Zhao Wu to buy it. You wait." Yunxiang bowed lightly to Zhao Weiji, then turned around and went out to find Zhao Wu.
After seeing Yunxiang go out, Zhao Weiji fell into deep thought again. He was thinking about the steps of frying tea. Zhao Weiji knew how to fry tea. Although he had never done it himself, he had learned it. This was thanks to his participation in the university.
Although I was deceived into the tea house, this tea house really participated in social practice activities about tea seriously, including visiting and learning to fry tea. Zhao Weiji is very smart, and he can memorize basically any skill just by looking at it once.
Live. All you need is to practice and then integrate it with your body.
"Let me think about it, the most basic steps of frying tea are three: fixing, rolling, and drying. Then I need a big pot and an earthen stove." Zhao Weiji thought about the most basic process of frying tea and shouted outside the door.
He said: "Is there anyone here? Come and help me with something." After a while, a person came in from the door.
"Who are you?"
"I am your butler Xin Zhao."
"Butler? Xin Zhao? Then you must be able to use a spear, right?" Zhao Weiji teased with a strange expression.
"Master, have you remembered me?" Xin Zhao asked with some surprise.
"No, no, I'm just asking casually." Zhao Weiji quickly thought about it and shook his head in denial. Then he mentally complained: "I'll go, Zhao Xin, you really know how to use a spear. Do you want to fight?
It’s time to roar Demacia.”
It turns out that this Zhao Xin was originally a soldier and was good at using a spear. He used to be with the King of Wei Zhao Dezhao. Later, because of the failure of the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom, he retired from active service and became a housekeeper in the Palace of the King of Wei. Later, King Wei was forced to death by Song Taizong. He followed him.
Zhao Weiji, the second son who was granted the title of Duke, came to the Duke's Mansion as a housekeeper.
"Uncle Xin, go and prepare something for me. Go and prepare a big pot for me, and then help me build an earthen stove in the backyard."
"The pot is already in the kitchen, and the earthen stove can be built quickly. But, young master, why do you want these things?" Zhao Xin asked with some confusion after listening to Zhao Weiji's instructions.
"Of course I have my uses, so just go ahead."
"Okay, young master, just wait a minute, I'm going to tell people to build the stove." After saying that, Xin Zhao turned around and walked out.
After Zhao Xin went out, Zhao Weiji picked up the tea cup next to him and took another sip. He smacked the taste and said, "I'm still not used to the tea made from this kind of tea. When I make the fried green tea, I will definitely get sick."
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After about an hour, Zhao Wu returned to the mansion from outside, holding about two kilograms of tea in his hand.
"Master, do you think this tea is okay? This tea is not very good." Zhao Wu asked with some anxiety.
"Well, let me take a look." Zhao Weiji turned over the tea leaves with his hands, picked up a few more and twisted them, and then said: "It's okay, I just did an experiment first, and I can't use any good tea. Although this tea is a bit old,
But it's still fresh. Just use it as you like. In this way, you can take the tea to the backyard and spread it out to dry in the sun. I'll use it later."
"Okay, sir." After saying that, Zhao Wu took the tea and turned around and went to the backyard.
After another hour, the fresh green tea bought by Zhao Wu was almost drying, and then the stove in the backyard was built, and an iron pot was placed on it. In front of the iron pot stood Zhao Weiji and a confused man
Zhao Xin, Yunxiang, Zhao Wu, and the cook.
"Master, what are you doing?" Xin Zhao asked with confusion on his face.
"Yes, yes." Yunxiang was also very puzzled.
"Yeah, I'm going to make tea."
"Fried tea, can the tea still be copied? Can it be drunk after being fried?" Zhao Xin asked even more doubtfully.
"Of course you can drink it, and it tastes better than the current steamed and fermented tea. If you don't believe me, just wait and see." Zhao Weiji patted his chest and replied confidently.
At this time, basically the first and most important step of making tea, everything needed is ready. Zhao Weiji asked the cook to light the stove, then he put on his gloves and stood aside waiting for the pot to heat up. After a while, the pot was hot.
It was almost done. Zhao Weiji took about one tael of tea leaves and poured it into the pot, and then kept crushing the tea leaves in the pot with his hands. After repeating this for two or three minutes, Zhao Weiji stopped and asked the cook to help.
The tea leaves in the pot were poured into a basin. Then, Zhao Weiji took off his gloves and started kneading them in the basin. He started the second step of frying tea, kneading. After kneading for six or seven minutes, he felt that the tea leaves were a little
After lubricating his hands and making them sticky, Zhao Weiji ordered the cook to lower the heat of the earthen stove. At this time, Zhao Weiji poured the tea leaves that he had just kneaded back into the pot and began the last step of tea frying, drying.
After pouring the tea leaves back into the pot, Zhao Weiji ordered the cook to start weighing the spoon. After weighing it four or five times, Zhao Weiji took a wooden spatula and began to stir-fry. After stirring for about a minute, he asked the cook to put out the stove fire.
The tea was poured into a bowl, then he clapped his hands and said to Xin Zhao and Yun Xiang: "It's done, how do you feel?"
"It smells like a fragrance, but can it really be boiled and drunk?" Xin Zhao looked at the fried tea leaves, then asked again, and returned.
"Of course it's drinkable, and it doesn't have to be so troublesome to cook. Zhao Wu, go boil a kettle of water. Yunxiang, go get the tea bowl. I'll show you how to drink this right away."
After hearing Zhao Weiji's instructions, Yunxiang and Zhao Wu immediately acted according to the instructions. After a while, Yunxiang took the lead and came back with a tea bowl. Then after a while, Zhao Wu came back with a pot of boiling water.
At this time, Zhao Weiji asked Yun Xiang to grab a handful of tea leaves and put them into the bowl, and then filled the tea bowl with boiling water. After the cooled tea leaves were boiled with boiling water, their own fragrance came out again.
"Well, ah, although it is not as fragrant and delicious as the good tea of later generations, it is still better than the current 'soup'." Zhao Weiji sighed after taking a sip of the newly made tea. Then he called to Zhao Xin
They said: "Don't look at it, just make a bowl and try it yourself."
Zhao Xin and others hesitantly imitated the process of Zhao Weiji letting Yunxiang make tea and made a bowl of it themselves.
"Hmm? Well! The taste of this tea is really different. It has a refreshing fragrance, and although it is a little bitter in the mouth at first, it has a sweet aftertaste after swallowing. It is quite delicious." After taking a few sips, Zhao Xin made quite a move.
good rating.
"Yes, sir, the tea made in this way feels much easier to accept." Yun Xiang also praised it.
"What, I didn't lie to you, right?" Zhao Weiji said with some pride.
"But, sir, how did you come up with such a method of making and brewing tea?" Zhao Wu asked with some confusion.
"This, this." Hearing Zhao Wu ask this, Zhao Weiji suddenly felt a little embarrassed. "I can't tell them that I came through time." Zhao Weiji thought to himself.
"It must have been taught by the gods. Although the young master suffered from amnesia and forgot about the past, God must have taught it to the young master while he was in a coma in order to compensate our young master." Zhao Xin saw Zhao Weiji being a little embarrassed, so he yelled at Zhao Wu.
stand up.
When Zhao Weiji heard what Zhao Xin said, he immediately reacted and said, "Yes, it's the fairy professor in the dream. But I'm afraid you won't believe me if I tell you, so it's a bit hard to say it."
"Oh, that's it, it's really God's blessing." Zhao Wu didn't know why when he heard this explanation. He just felt that it might be God's blessing, so he didn't ask any more questions.
"So, sir, are you planning to make money with this new way of making tea?" Yun Xiang thought for a while and then asked.
"Of course, do you think this new tea can make money?" Zhao Weiji asked the four people next to him.
"I think it's okay, it tastes pretty good, and I feel like there's room for improvement." The cook was the first to answer.
"I think it's okay. You can drink this tea just by brewing it. It doesn't require troublesome cooking. It's pretty good." Then Yun Xiang also said.
"Yes, yes, I also think this thing seems to be very profitable." Zhao Wu also nodded and said.
"Okay, in this case, let's take action. Chef, since you said there is still room for improving the taste, then this matter will be left to you. Did you see clearly the process of my tea frying? There is still something close to it.
Two kilograms of tea leaves. You go back to the kitchen to take the tea leaves and study them again. Try to improve the taste. Zhao Wu, go to the market to inquire about the market situation of tea leaves and the situation of various tea merchants. "Listen.
When everyone agreed to use this to make money, Zhao Weiji also felt confident and actively ordered his subordinates to prepare to enter the tea market. Everyone was also enthusiastically preparing to take action.
But at this moment, an unharmonious voice sounded next to him: "This idea is very good, and I also think it can make money. But Master, making new tea requires a lot of fresh tea leaves. Frying tea also requires manpower. We
I don’t have any extra money to spend on these things.”
Xin Zhao's words were like a basin of cold water that extinguished everyone's burning enthusiasm.
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