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Speaking of tea, I believe that most Chinese people will not feel unfamiliar. After all, Huaxia is the source of tea culture and the hometown of tea. There are countless stories about tea in China, and tea art has long been an important part of Chinese culture.

Tea is the national drink of China. It has a terrible influence in the whole of China. Almost all people drink tea, but there are countless people who like to drink tea, but very few people really understand tea.

The vast majority of people drink tea by grabbing some tea leaves and throwing them into the quilt, then holding a thermos and pouring water, and then they can drink it, but they don’t know that sometimes this is a waste of money.

Bai Ye still knows a little about tea. After all, he has been a neighbor with the owner of the tea shop for many years. When he goes to have morning tea every morning, occasionally the boss will come over to chat with Bai Ye when he is not busy. In order to pretend to be compulsive outside, I deliberately asked the boss a lot about tea, and the boss didn't hide his secrets, so he generously handed over a lot of dry goods to Bai Ye. Therefore, although it is not as good as that kind of tea art master, Bai Ye is more or less able to get started.

In this life, the predecessor was also a person who liked tea. After all, people who came from such an ancient family were influenced by their family and learned some ancient rituals, and making tea was one of them.

Therefore, Bai Ye's tea ceremony skills with the combined experience of two lifetimes can be regarded as a small achievement.

"Well, let's take a look at all the teas here."

Bai Ye walked to a shelf on the side. There were several tea tins on this shelf. This is not surprising. After all, the Eleventh District has been greatly influenced by China. The tea culture has been spread from China to Eleven since the Tang Dynasty. After the district, the people in the eleventh district were quickly conquered by this magical drink. Today, tea is also a popular drink in the eleventh district. It is said that eight out of ten people drink tea in the eleventh district. The ratio is not much worse than that of Huaxia, so, as a person from District 11, it is not surprising that Xiaolin has a few tins of tea in his kitchen.

"Hey, it's mostly green tea."

Opening the jars one by one, the rich tea fragrance immediately wafted through the nostrils. Bai Ye looked at the tea jars and found that most of the jars were filled with green tea. In addition, there are a few flower teas.

"Yes, it seems that 90% of the tea produced in the eleventh district is green tea. It is normal that Xiaolin prefers green tea."

Bai Ye suddenly realized when he thought of the amount of green tea in District 11, but that's fine, after all, he himself prefers green tea.

"Hey, is this Longjing?"

In fact, Bai Ye was not very good at identifying tea leaves, but he still recognized one of these types of green tea, for no other reason, just because this kind of tea was so famous.

"It's like a bird's tongue, it's flat, the tea leaves are tender, the strips are neat, the width is the same, and it's greenish-yellow. It's really Longjing, um, I'll use it."

After carefully looking at the tea leaves in the jar, Bai Ye was sure that he was not mistaken, and immediately decided to use the tea leaves.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Xiao Lin is really a luxury. Judging from the quality of this tea, it seems that it is still relatively high-grade Longjing. Hahaha, I have a good luck today. You can taste the taste of this luxury."

This set of tea sets is placed under the tea leaves. The tea set is made of purple sand, and the tea set of purple sand is the best. It can be seen that Xiaolin really likes drinking tea.

Holding the tea set and tea leaves, Bai Ye walked aside to prepare tea.

However, it is not enough to only have tea leaves and tea sets. Tea and tea, tea and water are the key points. Good tea should be brewed with water.

"Well, since the tea leaves are high-quality Longjing, and the tea set is also a top-quality purple sand tea set, then if the water for making the tea is made of tap water, it will be a bit pricey. No, I have to find some good water."

The tap water contains chlorine gas for disinfection, and the tap water that stays in the water pipe for a long time also contains more iron. If you use tap water to make tea, the tea will be very bitter. Generally speaking, the tap water used to make tea is the most It's better to store it for a day, and then use it to make tea after the magazine has settled, but even so, the quality of the tea will not be very good, so Bai Ye doesn't want such a good tea to be spoiled by the tap water.

Generally speaking, the best way to make tea is to use mountain spring water, which is clear and pollution-free, and contains a variety of minerals that are beneficial to the human body. Using mountain spring water to make tea can maximize the color, aroma, and shape of tea. , the pollution-free rivers and lakes in the inaccessible mountains and forests are also the first-class water sources for making tea. In addition to these two, well water is also a good choice.

In addition to these natural waters, there is also a kind of Tianluo water that can also be used to make tea, and the so-called Tianluo water is actually rain and snow water, but the modern industry developed, the ancients liked to use rain and snow water to make tea. Tea, it is said that the taste is not bad, but it is ancient, modern, because of industrial development, air pollution, pollution-free rain and snow water is even rarer than mountain spring water.

The most common and easily obtained water for making tea in modern times is undoubtedly mineral water. This artificially made water source is relatively pure, and a lot of minerals have been added to it. It is a synthetic mountain spring water. , the higher the quality of the mineral water, the more suitable for making tea.

Bai Ye looked at the kitchen. In the corner, he saw a box of mineral water. He didn't know the brand, but from the packaging, it seemed to be of a relatively high-grade type. Probably this is the water that Xiao Lin usually uses to make tea.

"Uh, do you feel a little unwilling to use this mineral water?"

Bai Ye is a bit tangled. In fact, the river water in this wild forest is the kind of pollution-free. If you use it to make tea, the effect should be much better than using mineral water. However, the river is also a long distance from the camp recently. It's really inconvenient.

"Oh, if only there was mountain spring water."

After hesitating again and again, Bai Ye finally didn't bother to go all the way to fetch the river water, which was a waste of time, so he stretched out his hand to the mineral water in the corner, but then he was suddenly stunned.

"Hey, wait, it seems that I really have mountain spring water."

Thinking of something in his bag, Bai Ye's eyes lit up.

I took out my backpack and opened it. I saw that there were a purple and an orange and two gourds in the bag. These two most valuable things in Bai Ye, the Lake of Time and Space and the Ranch Gourd, two eight-star artifacts.

Bai Ye picked up the orange ranch gourd, and with a thought, a stream of water flowed out of the gourd.

"It really is a first-class mountain spring."

Taking a closer look at the water quality, Bai Ye was overjoyed. There is a mountain forest in this ranch gourd. Although Bai Ye didn't raise anything other than a few bugs in it now, it seemed a little dead. The water itself is a good thing, absolutely pollution-free. This water stream is the authentic mountain spring water that Bai Ye took back from a mountain in the gourd.

"Hahaha, in this way, the materials are complete."

The water problem has also been solved, and this time I can finally make tea officially.

Pour the mountain spring water taken out from the gourd into the kettle and boil it, wait for the time to boil the water, and rinse the tea set in the night.

The tea set should be washed with hot water. This step is called hot pot. It is a very important part when making tea. First, hot water can remove the peculiar smell of the teapot. Second, it can also increase the temperature of the teapot. When making tea, the temperature in the pot is more stable, which can better develop the tea aroma, and at the same time make the tea in the pot less easy to cool.

In addition to the hot teapot, the cup for drinking tea also needs to be hot. This is called a warm cup, and its function is similar to that of a hot pot.

After finishing the work of hot pot and warm cup, wipe the tea pot and cup dry, and then you can make tea.

Bai Ye carefully took out the tea leaves from the tea jar and poured them into the teapot gently. The amount of tea leaves is also very particular. Generally speaking, the ratio of tea and water is one to fifty. Of course, this is not fixed. Needs vary from person to person. For example, this time Bai Ye was brewed for the three foreigners in Arturia. Although the British side also drinks tea, they drink black tea, and they may not be able to drink green tea. I'm used to it, so Bai Ye didn't put too much tea this time.

After the tea leaves are placed, the water in the kettle on the other side has almost boiled. Although the water has not been fully boiled, the temperature of the water is actually just right. It is a mistake if it is higher.

Longjing is the kind of tea that is not fermented. The tea itself is relatively tender. If it is brewed with boiling water of 100 degrees Celsius~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The high temperature will destroy some nutrients in the tea, and it will also make it brewed out. The color of the tea is easy to turn yellow, and the taste will be very bitter.

Therefore, this kind of slightly boiling water with a water temperature of about 80 degrees is the most suitable for making tea.

Picking up the kettle, Bai Ye began to pour water into the teapot. When brewing tea, pay attention to raising and lowering. The so-called raising is that when pouring hot water into the teapot, the kettle should be raised high, and the hot water forms a water column. Pour it into the teapot, so that the tea leaves are tumbling in the teapot, so that the tea leaves are in full contact with the hot water, so that the aroma of the tea leaves can be released more easily.

Bai Ye's hand lifts the kettle up and down, so that the water column also goes up and down. This method looks much more beautiful than holding the kettle in a fixed manner. This method is what Bai Ye learned from the tea shop owner in his previous life. Yes, it has a nice name called Phoenix Three Nodding.

In fact, this technique should not be used when one person is making tea in the kitchen, but should be used in front of the guests. Phoenix nods three times and lifts his hands up and down three times, as if he is nodding to the guests, which can also be understood as The three bows not only include respect for the guests, but also respect for the tea.

But even if Bai Ye was the only one in the kitchen at this time, he still used the three-way phoenix nodding technique. First, it doesn't matter whether the guests see it or not, as long as he is in his mind, and second, the water column is pulled three times. The three times are different in height and thickness. The changes make the tumbling of the tea leaves in the teapot more durable, so that the aroma of the tea can be attractive.

"Well, it's done."

Putting down the kettle, looking at the pot of tea, Bai Ye nodded with satisfaction.

At this point, the morning tea is considered a complete success, and the next time is the time for tasting.

Put several kinds of food and tea on the tray, and Bai Ye walked forward with the tray.