Live the leisurely life of the mountain village

Chapter 476 Black Tea
After tidying up briefly, Zhuang Qiu followed Ye Wan'er up the mountain.

Because Ye Wan'er is already very familiar with this place.

So they didn't wait for other tea farmers to set off together, only Zhuang Qiu, Hua Yuelou and Ye Wan'er.

Walked for about half an hour.

Zhuang Qiu saw the densely packed tea trees.

"Did you see it? The piece in front is where the black tea is."

Ye Wan'er pointed to a row of tea trees in front of her and said.

"This is black tea, why does it look the same as white tea?"

"Nonsense, is it true that black tea has red leaves?"

"So why is black tea called black tea?"

"Master Zhuang, please start your little class!"

……

The water friends in the live broadcast room consciously took out their small notebooks when they saw this.

Zhuang Qiu thought for a while, and pulled out the content about black tea from his brain.

"Black tea, English is Black tea. Black tea is a fully fermented tea, which is made from suitable new tea tree leaves as raw materials and refined through a series of processes such as withering, rolling (cutting), fermentation, and drying. Withering is black tea An important process of primary production, black tea is called "black tea" when it is primary production."

"Black tea is named for its red tea soup and leaf background after brewing dry tea."

"Yes, yes, I also know this stalk. The English name of black tea is black tea, which is also unique, ah ha ha ha."

"I also want to say, shouldn't black tea be called Red tea. I thought Master Zhuang made a mistake just now."

"My favorite thing to drink is iced black tea, but my knowledge of black tea is almost zero, hahaha."

……

Zhuang Qiu continued.

"The originator of black tea is in our country. The earliest black tea in the world was invented by tea farmers in the Wuyi Mountain tea area in Fujian during the Ming Dynasty, and it was named "Zhengshan Souchong". The tea family of black tea has a history of more than 400 years.”

"This black tea is extremely popular all over the world."

Zhuang Qiu continued.

"Lapsang souchong black tea entered Europe in 1610. In 1662, when Princess Catherine of Portugal married King Charles II, there were several boxes of Lapsang souchong black tea in Huaguo in her dowry. Since then, black tea has been brought into Y In the court of country Y, drinking black tea quickly became an indispensable part of the life of the royal family of country Y."

"In the early London tea market in Country Y, only Lapsang Souchong black tea was sold, and the price was extremely expensive, and only rich and powerful families could drink it. Lapsang Souchong black tea has become an indispensable drink for the high society in Country Y. The people of country Y love black tea very much, and have gradually evolved drinking black tea into a noble and beautiful black tea culture, and promoted it to the whole world."

"In 1689, country Y set up a base in XM City, Fujian Province, China, and purchased a large amount of Chinese tea. Country Y drank more black tea than green tea, and developed its unique black tea culture, all related to the above historical events. Because The tea purchased in Xiamen is all semi-fermented black tea—"Wuyi tea", a large amount of Wuyi tea flowed into country Y, replacing the original green tea market, and soon became the mainstream of Western European tea."

Zhuang Qiu almost told most of the history of black tea in one breath.

Then Zhuang Qiu looked at the live broadcast room and said.

"Aren't you wondering why the English name of black tea is black tea instead of red tea?"

"Please tell Master Zhuang."

"Yeah, I just searched silently."

Zhuang Qiu continued.

"That's because the tea soup of "Wuyi tea" that was first spread to the outside world was dark in color and appeared black, so it was called "Black tea" (literally translated as black tea). According to its characteristics, Wuyi tea is classified into red soup and red leaves after brewing, which belongs to "black tea" according to its nature. However, the customary name "Black tea" of the people of country Y has been inherited and used to refer to "black tea".

"(⊙o⊙) So that's how it is."

"Long knowledge."

"Actually, I didn't listen to the rest of the story carefully. I just silently remembered that the ancestor of black tea is our China. Otherwise, we would not know what to refute if it was snatched away by others in the future."

"The truth upstairs, plus one! Me too, when I go out in the future, I must protect my treasures."

"So, what Sri Lankan black tea and Indonesian black tea mentioned in the previous advertisement are actually tea from our country? Is it the same variety?"

……

Zhuang Qiu looked at the live broadcast room, and after reading this question, he quickly explained.

"Of course it's not a variety. It can only be said to be a variant of the black tea that has been passed down from China."

"There are many varieties of black tea in the world, and the production areas are also very wide. In addition to China, India, East Africa, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka also produce similar black tea."

"Oh~ we will still support domestic production in the future, our country's tea is the best!"

"That's right! Support domestic production!"

"I love our country's black tea!"

……

Zhuang Qiu was very relieved to see the words "support domestic production" continuously typed out in the live broadcast room.

Over the years, Chinese people's awareness of supporting domestic products has become stronger and stronger.

This is also a disguised symbol of our country's growing strength.

Only a strong nation will its people be full of pride and confidence in everything about their country.

Zhuang Qiu thought to himself, and had a different view on the official proposal to help with the live broadcast of the goods mentioned earlier.

Perhaps it is also a contribution to the tea production and development of one's own country.

Zhuang Qiu was thinking, but was interrupted by Ye Wan'er who was listening all the time.

"Since you know so much, let me test you. Do you know the cultivation conditions of black tea and the four famous black tea varieties in the world?"

Zhuang Qiu smiled and said.

"I just know a little bit. If I'm wrong, can you correct me?"

Ye Wan'er smiled, and nodded gently towards Zhuang Qiu.

"The four major black tea varieties in the world are Keemun black tea, Darjeeling black tea, Uba black tea, and Assam black tea."

"Among them, Keemun black tea is a variety of black tea in our country. Keemun black tea, referred to as Qihong, is a treasure of traditional Kungfu black tea in my country. It is a famous historical tea produced in the late 19th century. It is one of the three most fragrant teas in the world. It has the reputation of "hero among teas", "the most fragrant tea", "prince's tea" and so on."

"Qimen black tea is divided into grades 1 to 7 according to its quality. It is mainly produced in Qimen County, AH Province. There are also a small amount of production in adjacent counties such as Shitai, Dongzhi, Yixian and Guichi. It is mainly exported to dozens of countries. For many years, it has been the national gift tea of ​​Huaguo."

"Then, Darjeeling black tea and Assam black tea are both black tea varieties from YD."

(End of this chapter)