Chapter 282 Cooperation
"Of course, why should I lie to you? Both of you are tea lovers. From the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the way of making tea has undergone tremendous changes. Moreover, the way of tea has changed from aristocratic culture to a commoner's drink, but the way of drinking tea has become more and more complicated. Since the Lu Yu Tea Classic was released, drinking tea is both an interest and a burden. Please look at these many tea sets, which are dazzling in twenty ways, but the real thing is just this bowl of tea soup..." Zhao Qi raised the tea cup in his hand to signal.
Although Su Houyou and Xue Changan did not fully agree, they still nodded.
"Drinking tea is nothing more than a mood and fun, but if it becomes a burden because drinking tea becomes a burden, then there will be no much fun, just like making tea. If it is used as a leisurely hobby, it is certainly interesting, but if it is treated as a means of making a living, it will definitely not be beautiful. Mr. Su thought what I said?"
Su Houyou nodded quickly, "Brother Zhao said it well. I used to have this hobby. I heard that Fujian produces good tea, so I went to buy a tea garden. At first, I was very interested, but later I gradually realized that this was the case. The tea garden has become a bond and has become a burden. Now it is hard to sell, so I didn't care much about it. I open a college to teach and run around in my spare time. In fact, I haven't been in the tea garden well in the past few years!"
"So that's it. Once a hobby becomes the main business, the interest will soon fade. The same is true for drinking tea. Every time you drink tea, you have to follow the various tedious processes in the tea scriptures. It takes half an hour to finally drink a sip of hot tea. It's fine if you have free time. If you don't have free time, I'm afraid this tea soup is not as refreshing as a sip of cold water!" Zhao Qi nodded with a smile.
"Yes, Brother Zhao is right. Xue likes to drink tea, but sometimes he also thinks that drinking tea is really complicated!" Xue Changan also nodded.
"Both are both rich and leisurely people. Drinking tea feels complicated. For ordinary people, drinking this cup of tea is even more luxurious. I have always lived in the countryside and tea can be seen everywhere. Ordinary people don't pay so much attention to drinking tea. They just grab a handful of loose tea and brew it with boiling water. They don't grind tea powder, do not mix tea paste, do not order tea soup, and only drink tea. Although the taste is almost the same, they also have the pleasure of drinking tea. I sometimes drink this at home. I have been passed down from China to this day. All the way to rest and recuperate is to advocate the way of nature. Nowadays, the way to make tea is too complicated and is getting farther and farther away from the road..."
"Tea is a natural thing, which has the effect of promoting fluid, quenching thirst, refreshing the mind and nourishing the lungs. But in fact, our current tea making is clean, steaming, pressing, and then drying. In my opinion, this tea no longer has the original taste and charm of tea. Just like decocting medicine, we first clean, steam, boil, press, and dry it before using it. This medicine is afraid that it will not be able to cure diseases. Therefore, I think that tea can be made in a simpler way to preserve the original flavor of tea to the greatest extent. The brewed tea will have its natural charm and body-strengthening effect..."
"Actually, in my opinion, this bowl of tea soup seems to be strong, but in fact it only has the residue of the tea leaves. There are only a few ingredients that are beneficial to the body. Drinking it does not have much benefit, you only have a taste!"
After Zhao Qi's words, Su Houyou and Xue Changan looked at each other, and at the same time, he looked straight at the teacup in his hand, and suddenly lost his appetite.
Every day, I feel that the tall tea leaves are just a bowl of residue, and Zhao Qi's words cannot be refuted, because as a tea lover, the process of making tea is almost clear. Good tea is made in this way. The better the tea is, the more refined the process of cleaning, steaming, pressing and removing juice. Moreover, the whiter the tea soup, the better, that is, the whiter the tea soup, in fact, the cleaner the cleaner, the less the tea tastes inside.
"Does Brother Zhao make the tea last time still have?" Xue Changan asked excitedly with some disgust.
"It's gone, it's just a few taels of fried food, and I've finished drinking it long ago!"
"Oh, it's a pity that Brother Zhao said how the fried tea tastes?" Su Houyou was very regretful.
"It's not easy for Brother Su to taste it. There are many tea gardens around Yin County. We will pick some imitating Brother Zhao's method and make it soon!" Xue Changan said with a smile.
"I'm afraid the season is wrong. Tea is usually picked in spring. In summer, the tea leaves are old. I can only make some rough tea loose tea. It's already late autumn and winter are coming. Where can I still have tender tea? I'm afraid I'll have to wait until next year!" Su Houyou shook her head.
"It's indeed too late this year, but spring is coming in a blink of an eye. Today I tell you how to make tea because both of you are tea lovers. At the same time, I think this is an opportunity to make money. I wonder if Brother Su and Mr. Xue are interested in cooperating!" Zhao Qi said with a smile.
"Brother Zhao is saying that we will work together to make this new tea?" Su Houyou and Xue Changan both looked at Zhao Qi in surprise.
"Yes, my Xiaolong Bay will be almost repaired next year. I have to find another way to make money. As far as I know, there are actually quite a lot of folk teas at present, but they are all made by steaming, cooking, pressing and washing. The quality of the tea leaves is not good, but it will basically have no tea flavor after repeated work. Moreover, the tea drinking process is cumbersome, and ordinary people don't have the leisure and financial resources. Just a set of ordinary tea sets will cost more than ten guan, and the good ones will be hundreds or thousands of guan. If we can continuously improve the method of stir-frying tea and make simple, fragrant and refreshing tea, it will inevitably gain a large market in the future, and even completely replace the current high-end ball cakes..."
"The way is simple. I think the future tea will definitely completely abandon the complex production technology and tea drinking methods in front of you. Just like poetry, it will change from a strict five-character and seven-character lyrics to various free songs. This is the general trend. Future life will tend to be more free, relaxed, simple and convenient. Aristocratic culture is gradually fading, and people's culture is rising rapidly. Future business also needs to cater to the tastes of ordinary people more, so that a large enough market can be obtained..."
"We do not have to deprive the rich people of the current habits and hobbies of drinking tea, but also take an unusual path. Mr. Su operates the tea mountain, and naturally knows that the tea industry is fiercely competitive. The cumbersome process consumes too much financial and material resources. In addition, the tea attractions of the imperial court greatly limit the price, making tea garden owners and operators almost no money. If we use this new method to make tea, the process of making tea can be greatly shortened. From picking new tea to stir-frying, it can be completed within one day. Therefore, the speed of making tea is several times faster than other tea gardens, which can greatly save manpower and material resources and speed up shipment time. This is also the reason why there are more and more loose teas on the market. The cost is too high and the price is too low. Tea gardens have to do it. As long as our tea stir-frying is recognized by the general public after it is launched, we will inevitably make a lot of money in the next few years!"
Zhao Qi's words completely moved Su Houyou.
There are many reasons why he is not very interested in the tea garden business now.
First, he is a scholar, and he is not very interested in pure business and just live a business;
Second, the price of tea in the government is too low. Sometimes, it only earns a few thousand guan a year. In addition, the transaction costs and likes to collect antiques, calligraphy and paintings on weekdays, so there is not much left in the year.
Of course anyone wants to make a lot of money.
Furthermore, he was also attracted by the fried tea that Zhao Qi said, and he really wanted to taste what the so-called tea that retains the fragrance of the original tea leaves.
Seeing Su Houyou agree, Xue Changan nodded after hesitating slightly. His two hobbies are now full of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and the only thing left is to drink tea. After hearing what Zhao Qi said about the splashing of flowers, he was naturally very interested in this new tea made from stir-fried.
What if it tastes really good.
Also, the investment in this thing is not very large. For him, who has a net worth of millions, investing in a small tea garden is just a drizzle.
Next, the three of them briefly planned and formulated a shareholding cooperation agreement.
The new tea is temporarily named Jian'an Zhenwei.
Su Houyou invested in the tea garden and manpower, Zhao Qi invested another 20,000 guan as technical guidance, and Xue Chang'an invested 20,000 guan to build a new tea shop in Su Houyou's tea garden. After the new tea sprouted, he began to pick and make new tea.
This new tea shop is mainly operated by Su Houyou, preparing tea stir-frying workshops, picking and frying, and Zhao Qi is responsible for providing a full set of technical support. After Debang Logistics officially starts operation, transportation can also be carried out. Xue Chang'an has a wide range of connections and is responsible for helping to attract tea. As for sales, you can contact Zheng Zhengao Yucheng Cao Feng and other tea merchants with good relationships.
The most important thing at the moment is naturally to build a tea-fried workshop in advance.
Of course, although Zhao Qi, who is simply frying tea, is nothing more than three steps: stir-frying green, rolling and drying, experience is very important. To fry a pot of good tea, the quality of tea is the key, and the experience and heat control of tea workers must account for at least half. In fact, it is the same as the current requirements for making tea, but the process and process must be much simpler, just a few iron pots and a brush.
In addition to green tea, Fujian actually produces oolong tea.
Oolong tea is a semi-fermented tea, and the process only has two pre-steps than ordinary green tea, called withering and shaking green. These two steps are actually a simple fermentation process, and then stir-frying green and rolling into molding, and finally drying at low temperature. It is not a secret that people can be seen performing everywhere in many tea tourist areas, but it may not be possible to see it yourself after seeing it. You have to repeatedly explore experience.
Zhao Qi's favorite thing in the past was drinking oolong tea. Anxi Tieguanyin drank the most, and it was basically concentrated in Fujian. The most famous of them was naturally Dahongpao on Wuyi Mountain.
I just don’t know if those national treasures Dahongpao are available now? I heard that this name was only available in the late Ming Dynasty.
In fact, Zhao Qi was not used to drinking tea from the Song Dynasty. He drank the tea powder in his mouth, so he was helpless. This time, he pulled Su Houyou and Xue Changan to get out the green tea oolong tea from later generations. In the future, he would not have to look at Xiaozhu and cry to help him make tea. Now a few months have passed, Xiaozhu has not yet made camellias. He was criticized by Mrs. Su countless times. Every time he made tea, he felt sad and felt sorry for Zhao Qi. His eyes turned red when he picked up the tea bowl, which made Zhao Qi laugh and cry every time he drank tea. It was useless to persuade him. The more he persuaded him, the more he sniffed.
Chapter completed!