Song Tan's Notes

Chapter 1299. Gifts and Tea Roasting Techniques

Zhang Yanping's hatred made the live broadcast room howl, but Qiao Qiao carefully held the phone at Zhou Maozhu's house and asked again: "Uncle Maozhu, can this really be filmed?"

"Yes, why not?"

  It was the first time that Zhou Maozhu was in the camera, and he felt a little uncomfortable. He rubbed his hands and didn't dare to look at the camera. But it didn't stop him from talking:

"Don't just talk about frying mugwort tea, you can also make other teas. Everyone can do it, it's not rare, but each family has a different control of the heat."

"But my tea shed is a mess. When the spring tea is harvested, I will go to your tea shed on the mountain, where you can speculate on tea. It will be much more spacious there."

The factory on the mountain is small but fully equipped. Although it has been idle for most of the time since it was built, isn’t it waiting to be used this year?

Especially this year, the family has a lot of tea, and it is obviously not enough for Zhou Maozhu alone. Wulan has been thinking about hiring someone with good skills and a real heart these days.

But the most important thing now is the mugwort tea and houttuynia tea that are to be sent to the border.

She and Song Sancheng had the same old ideas. When they heard that the people guarding the border needed this, they were both unhappy with Song Tan's offer and wanted to reduce it a little bit, and reduce it again.

Finally, it was Zhang Yanping who advised: "If we keep reducing the price, it won't be a big deal for us if the business doesn't make money. We just need to break even. But if they find out about it, it will be a problem."

"If you really don't want to accept this money, then think of giving me some gifts."

“This is more real than money.”

But it was just the beginning of spring, and most of the food and daily necessities at home had been consumed, not even a trace of Tremella fuciformis or Auricularia auricula was left.

Finally, the two of them thought about it and decided to pack last year's tea leaves into a bag, which weighed about a little over one pound.

But the couple felt a little embarrassed to give this away.

Because these things are not the yellow leaves and tea leaves that the Song family drinks every day, but the real old leaves and yellow leaves that are blown down by the wind after the tea is fried with a winnowing basket...

Before, Song Youde wanted to take it and drink it, but Song Tan wouldn’t let him!

I originally planned to put it in the kitchen to make tea eggs for my seventh cousin. This is better than the old tea stalks, but not much better.

Really - Song Tan couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the gifts they turned out: his family obviously grows tea, but when it's his turn to drink, from his grandfather to his father, everyone only picked out the broken leaves.

She had clearly packed a few kilograms of good tea for Song Youde, but he sent it back to her later.

There is plenty of tea this year, but this must never happen again.

"People won't laugh at us if we give this as a gift, right?" Ulan was still a little confused.

"It's okay." Song Tan comforted him, "If we put this on the live broadcast room, everyone will just cry with joy. It's not ugly at all!"

Although it does seem...

cough.

She didn't know what to say.

Lu Chuan walked around the warehouse for a long time, and finally asked, "How about... we still have a lot of fermented soybeans and chili oil left at home, how about sending some of these?"

He took a look and saw that there were still quite a lot. In a few months, they would not be edible and the family would have to make new ones.

It’s better to give it away, at least they will be happier.

This is possible! Wulan was instantly surprised.

Last year, I collected more than a dozen jars of these miscellaneous sauces and oils. In addition to the ones I sold, I still have a few jars at home. But as a chef, the original flavor of the daily cooking is delicious enough, and I don’t use these for every meal. So after giving them to relatives, even though my family often eats them, there are still a lot of leftovers.

When Ulan was reminded, she immediately went to the warehouse to look for the cans - the journey was long and express delivery was not convenient. Fortunately, there were large plastic barrels at home, which were better than glass jars.

Song Tan agreed with Brother Xiao Zhang on the time to receive the express delivery, and then estimated the shipping cost, thinking that it was a good thing that his family had money.

……

Meanwhile, in Zhou Maozhu's tea stall, Zhang Yanping didn't know that these ordinary mugwort and houttuynia cordata in front of him would soon come with sky-high gifts. The two of them just stared at the live broadcast room, Qiao Qiao explaining while Zhang Yanping read the comments, and they still cooperated well.

The mugwort sprouts and Houttuynia cordata that I picked yesterday no longer look as fresh after being left overnight.

However, tea frying is something Zhou Maozhu is familiar with. After the tea pot became hot, he was obviously already in the mood, even forgetting his previous awkwardness and nervousness.

At this moment, he even grabbed a handful of young leaves of Houttuynia cordata and put them in front of the camera for everyone to see:

"For stir-fried tea, you can't use freshly picked leaves, as they have too much water and can't be stir-fried evenly, and they'll burn easily."

"When we were frying tea before, we would spread the picked tea leaves in a winnowing basket to dry for a while until the leaves lost water. We call this withering."

As he spoke, he used his other rough palm to feel the temperature above the iron pot. When he thought it was about cooked, he grabbed the Houttuynia cordata leaves on the dustpan and threw them into the pot.

Then a pair of iron palms pressed down on it, completely ignoring the heat, and slowly and rhythmically rubbed and turned the leaves.

The climate in the barrage suddenly became warmer——

【hiss! 】

[I gasped! This is Iron Sand Palm! ]

[Is the temperature for frying tea very low? I'm not afraid of getting hot. 】

[Of course it is not low! The temperature when frying tea should be low, so their promotional page would have already said [Low Temperature Baking]]

[They are obviously experienced, their hands are covered with calluses, they are not afraid of burns]

[It’s not that hot actually. Look at how thick the leaves are. They are blocking the heat in the pot. Pressing your hand on the leaves will only make them hot.]

【Why don’t you take another look? 】

Under the high temperature, the twisted Houttuynia cordata leaves quickly curled into thin strips, and the broad leaves curled together. The iron pot, which was originally covered with green leaves to isolate the temperature, now exposed the cold gray metal surface.

Zhou Maozhu pressed his hand on it again, grabbed a handful of leaves and started turning them over and rubbing them, running his fingertips across the steaming iron pot. Everyone in the live broadcast room was so stunned that they didn't dare to make a sound.

  How can I put it? I only knew that the chef was ruthless and had a strong hand, but I didn’t expect that the ordinary tea-frying uncle also had a strong hand!

Zhou Maozhu got into the groove and became more and more natural: "Qiao Qiao said this technique should be taught to others, right? Well, you youngsters are too inexperienced to learn this."

"If you want to drink it at home, you don't need to wither, kill or knead it. I'll teach you a quick method--"

"After picking the Houttuynia cordata leaves, wash them and steam them directly in a pot. It depends on the heat. It can take half a minute or one to two minutes. Stir them while steaming to make them steam evenly. When you take them out of the pot, dry them in the sun or in the oven."

At this point, he forced an embarrassed smile on his honest face: "I thought that Houttuynia cordata and Artemisia argyi are both good, but the taste can't be brought out by just cooking them casually, so I stir-fried them as green tea."

"There's no need for you young people to do it yourself."

Update 1, update 2 will be later.