History live broadcast: My audience is the ancestors

Chapter 263 Tea Art
I didn’t think about the online name, let’s use this one first: Wuhu, which means flying a kite is really fun, right?
Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book: Who says it’s not true? By the way, Yueyue, can you fly a kite in school?

I can't sleep at night (Guan): Let's rent two kites in the square last week and fly them, fifty for one hour.

Jiangnan is already experiencing mist and rain: ah, this is so expensive

My charming and short-lived ancestor: Agreed!

Wuduyi: Well, how should I put it? It depends on whether you like it or not. After all, flying a kite is really fun.
Don’t let the world grow old: I agree! And I remember that their school’s physical education class this semester is badminton, which can also be played.

I didn’t think about using this online name first: Yes, but playing badminton is a bit useless, and a bit useless.
With Wu Xiaoxiao: Agreed! My friend always gets in my face every time he plays ball
My charming and short-lived ancestor: that is to say, sister, is that friend of yours really good to you?

With Wu Xiaoxiao: It turns out that she is the dish!

Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book: Hahahahahahahahaha, I’m sorry, it’s so funny

Jiangnan has been in mist: I suggest you not to play with your sister, it will easily disfigure you!

Pay attention, this woman’s name is Xiaomei: Agreed! Very much agree! But to be honest, it’s good to have some fun when spring comes out and stretch your muscles.

Su Shi himself paid great attention to the health-preserving effects of tea. Gargling with strong tea after meals can relieve boredom.

In the early Song Dynasty, the method of ordering tea was popular, grinding the tea leaves into fine powder, and the tea soup that came out should be as white as milk. According to "Guanlin Poetry", Su Shi of the Northern Song Dynasty liked the spring water of Fengxiang Jade Girl Cave. Every time he went there, he would take two bottles back. Cook tea.

When making tea in the Tang Dynasty, ginger salt was often used to add flavor, which is known as ginger salt tea in the world. The poet Xue Neng's "Tea Poems" said: "If salt is lost, ginger should be boiled to make it more yellow."

Nian Nian: Yes, I always feel uncomfortable if I don’t move.
At dusk, I don’t want to go home: It’s been laid out all winter, how can I not move?

At first, monks used tea to concentrate their thoughts. In the Tang Dynasty, Zen Master Zhaozhou Congcheng used to "have tea" to welcome his scholars; later it became a ritual of sharing tea.

Tea art sprouted in the Tang Dynasty, developed in the Song Dynasty, was reformed in the Ming Dynasty, and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. It can be said that it has considerable historical origins and forms a system of its own.

My charming and short-lived ancestor: Indeed, I am energetic now when I run for fun. Let alone running in winter, I feel uncomfortable even going out.
I can’t sleep at night (Guan): This is also the reason why we went to fly a kite.
Fuling (manager): There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s really comfortable to move around!
Su Yue saw the comment area and said: "I also know that activities are very comfortable, but the next part is a quiet activity! And it is elegant in our impression, it is tea art!"

Su Shi has a poem "Sending Tea with Jiang Kui": "The old wife is childish and doesn't know how to love, and half of it has been fried with ginger and salt."

Making tea has become popular since the Ming Dynasty.

Wherever people from country Z settled down, they brought the habit of drinking tea with them; people from country Z were the first to discover tea and are an ancient tea-drinking nation.

In 2015, the standardized technical regulations for "Chaozhou Gongfu Tea Art" were released, with a total of 21 processes. About tea

Tea is an indispensable part of people's daily life in Country Z. There is a saying in Country Z: "Seven things to open the door: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea."

This tea-drinking habit is deeply rooted in the people of Z country and has a history of thousands of years.

In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu, a monk who became a monk in his early years and later returned to secular life, summarized the experience of his predecessors and that time, and completed the world's first book on tea, the "Tea Classic". After that, tea drinking became popular very quickly. It blows all over the north and south of the Z country. From the emperors and princes to the traders and soldiers, everyone is addicted to tea.

In the early seventeenth century, the Dutch East India Company imported country Z's tea into Europe for the first time. By the middle of the seventeenth century, "drinking tea" had become a fashionable style among British aristocratic society.

In country Z, "tea" has two pronunciations due to differences in humanities and geography. It is pronounced as CHA in the north and TEE in the south. Therefore, countries that imported tea from the north of country Z, such as Turkey, are pronounced HAY. Russia is CHAI, Japan is CHA; and countries that import tea from the south of country Z through the sea line have different pronunciations. For example, Spain's pronunciation is TE, Germany's is TEE, and the United Kingdom's is TEA.

Tea art
Tea leaves that have just been exposed to the sun are made from the young leaves of the tea tree. Because of the different manufacturing methods, they have different types and names.

The most important key to the preparation method is "fermentation". As a result of fermentation, the tea leaves will gradually turn from the original green color to red. The more fermentation, the redder the color; and the aroma will also change from leafy to floral, depending on the amount of fermentation. Ripe fruit or maltose aroma.

Unfermented tea is called green tea, and the brewed tea soup is green or green with yellow, and has the aroma of fresh vegetables, such as Longjing, Biluochun, etc.; fully fermented tea is called black tea, and the brewed tea soup is vermilion red and has the flavor of maltose. Aroma; and semi-fermented tea, also known as oolong tea.

Oolong tea is a specialty tea of ​​country Z, and its most representative origin is Taiwan Province of country Z.

Oolong tea can be divided into three categories: light fermentation, medium fermentation and heavy fermentation. Light fermentation, such as Baozhong tea (clear tea), is characterized by high fragrance, elegance, and golden color; medium fermentation, such as Tieguanyin, Narcissus, Dongding, etc. The color of the soup is brown, and the drink is mature and solemn, with more emphasis on the "throat charm"; while the soup is heavily fermented, such as pekoe oolong, and the color of the soup is orange-red, with a ripe fruit aroma.

To brew a pot of Gongfu tea well, you must pay attention to factors such as water quality, water temperature, tea quantity, and tea sets; the "water quality" must be fresh soft water (with less minerals), and hard water should not be used; the "water temperature" varies with different tea leaves. The temperature varies depending on the brewing temperature. For most types of tea, brewing at a temperature close to 100°C is appropriate; however, green tea and lightly fermented tea should not be brewed at a temperature that is too high, usually not exceeding 90°C. The “Tea Amount” setting The setting also varies with different tea types, ranging from one-quarter to three-quarters of the teapot's capacity.

Pour it out and drink it after about one minute of brewing, but depending on the tea, the re-brewing time must be relatively longer; as for the "tea set", a purple sand pottery pot is the best. The size of the teapot is matched with a suitable tea cup, and the white color inside the cup is better. , in order to distinguish the color of the soup.

About drinking tea
Drinking tea has become a common leisure activity in country Z.

People who love tea will definitely like to play with teapots. Nowadays, the method of making tea in small pots (Gongfu tea) is more popular in ordinary households. This is a habit passed down from the Shenzong era of the Ming Dynasty at the end of the 16th century. It has been around four times. Hundreds of years of history.

Use a small teapot to make tea, which has a special taste.

Sweet and fragrant, the purple sand pottery pots from Yixing, Jiangsu Province were the most famous during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Works by famous artists were bought from all over the world, and the price was as good as gold. The potters in country Z not only made exquisite purple sand pottery pots, but also made other Many improved creative pots were developed.

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