gifted collector

Chapter 709
"Heh, my name is Wang Hua, come here, you will recognize this is the top monkey leader at a glance, and you will know that he must be a person who is good at tea. Let's drink a few cups of this tea."

Fang Ming nodded, but he didn't refuse. This is actually the way tea shops operate. Generally, those who come to buy tea in the shop know how to taste tea, and they will also try several types according to the tastes of customers. Be able to find what you want to drink.

Everyone sat down in front of the tea table. Naturally, the tea place is well-equipped. As the host, Wang Hua is of course responsible for making tea after sitting down. After the water boils, he first puts all the teapots and the like Rinse once with boiled water and soak again finely.

Fang Ming knew that the reason for doing this was to ensure that the water poured into the teapot would not drop due to the temperature of the teapot itself when making tea, which would affect the quality of the brewed tea. Moreover, he also discovered that Wang Hua was dealing with I was very careful and meticulous when doing these things, and I didn't say a single word during the whole process.

"A master! This is a real master."

Fang Ming thought to himself, he knew that only real masters would notice these details.

Ordinary people, even if they know these details, but because they can't tell the difference between doing it and not doing it, they gradually stop paying attention to it.It's not that I can't insist on doing this, but because I haven't reached my level yet, and I can't tell how much it will affect the tea if I do it or not, so I don't think it's necessary.

For example, Fang Ming asked himself that he could not do this.

After realizing this, Fang Ming immediately cheered up. He really didn't expect to meet such a master when he came here this time. What is the difference between the brewed tea?

"Come on, have a drink of my special tip. Although it is not particularly good, it is not easy to find. This top-quality Taiping Monkey King is really impossible to get now. I spent a lot of time with the boss a few years ago. Don't talk too much at the end, even if you can't get one, this makes me angry."

Wang Hua shook his head lightly, with a regretful expression on his face, apparently also quite depressed because he couldn't get Taiping Houkui.

Fang Ming nodded lightly, put away his thoughts, picked up the teacup and began to drink tea.

First, after smelling it lightly, Fang Ming immediately felt a faint fragrance rushing into his nostrils, and then his heart and spleen felt as comfortable as if he had been scalded by the steam of tea, and his spirit immediately relaxed. The spirit is also lifted.

"Like blue but not blue, this is indeed Houkui tea. This special tea tastes like this. I really don't know what kind of situation the legendary Taiping Houkui is like."

After a long time, Fang Ming finally put down his teacup and sighed softly.

"When I was young, maybe 30 years ago, although the best Taiping Houkui was already valuable at that time, after all, it was not as rare as it is today. I drank some with my father, but slowly, like this The tea can only be the stuff of legends.”

Wang Hua shook his head lightly. Thirty years ago, Taiping Houkui had long been famous, but at that time, people didn’t pay much attention to such things, so as long as there are connections and worth spending money, then You can still drink it, but it's different now, the problem can't be solved with money.So even a person like Wang Hua who has been running tea houses for generations can only meet Taiping Houkui in a dream.

"There's no way around this. Who told Taiping Houkui to have a voice outside and produce very little?"

Fang Ming is also one of the good teas now, and he has known a little about Houkui before.

Although Houkui tea has already appeared, it was not discovered by people in Huizhou until the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, and was brought to the capital. After arriving in the capital, it was liked and sought after by the princes and relatives. The price also went up immediately.

Among the Houkui teas, the best quality Taiping Houkui tea is produced in Huangshan District at the northern foot of Huangshan Mountain. The geographical environment here is humid and the temperature is relatively low. The texture of the tea is different from other places. The biggest feature is that the buds are straight and tender, and at the same time the tea buds are extremely strong. The color is as green as bamboo, and the whole tea teeth are covered with pekoe. Bright, fragrant and mellow.

Apart from the natural environment, another important reason why Houkui can have such a good quality is its picking and processing techniques.

The most important thing about Houkui is that fresh leaves must be picked. Every year around the Grain Rain, when the buds grow to the point where one bud and three leaves have just opened, it is necessary to prepare, and then pick a batch in 3-4 days, when it comes to Lixia will stop picking.

The most important criterion when picking is "one bud and three leaves at the beginning", that is to say, except for this kind of tea, other teas will not be wanted, but this is not the end, the fresh leaves picked It is also necessary to "pick the tip", that is to say, to remove the "tip" with one bud and two leaves, which is the raw material of the Monkey King.

When folding, do not pay attention to the tip of the tea leaves, that is, the tip of the bud and the tip of the leaf are the same length. Only in this way can the shape of "two leaves holding one bud" be guaranteed.

The whole process is generally controlled within one day, picking in the morning, picking at noon, and finishing on the same day.In this way, the freshness of the monkey leader can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

The finished Houkui has two leaves holding buds, flat and straight, stretching naturally like a finger, with white hair hidden in it, the shape alone is very attractive.

However, the production area of ​​Taiping Houkui in Houkui only refers to the Houkeng area, so the real output is small, and the top quality among them is even less.Except for this place, the Houkui produced in other places are called Kuijian. The method of making tea is basically the same as that of Taiping Houkui, and the appearance is also very similar. If you are not a real master, you will easily get confused. However, experts can tell at a glance, and there is also a clear difference in quality between Taiping Houkui and Houkui elsewhere, the two are not at the same level at all.

One level worse than Taiping Houkui is the so-called Tikui, and then Tikui.Of course, there are still many ways to divide it now, such as Gongjian, Tianjian, Dijian, Renjian, Hejian, Yuanjian, Wanjian and so on.

"I heard that the real Taiping Monkey Queen has its own unique characteristics in color, aroma, taste and shape. Some people use 'swords and guns gathered, flamboyant and phoenix dancing' to describe its characteristics. The buds, without exception, are straight and flat at the same time. Rolled edges. The color of the tea leaves is green and uniform like pine, and the veins seem to be able to see a red silk thread, especially the first leaf is covered by tiny pekoe. If it is soaked in boiling water, the buds and leaves will It forms a flower shape, or suspends or sinks in the water, like little monkeys smiling at people."

"Although this is not the most authentic Taiping Houkui, the quality is quite good, and from the mentions, one can imagine what the real Taiping Houkui is like."

Sun Rong sighed, she grew up in a wealthy family, but she only drank something like Taiping Houkui a few times. After getting up, there is not much.

Therefore, although she is a person with a background, she is not in the position after all, so it is even more impossible to have many opportunities to taste such good tea.

In contrast, Wang Hua's promotion here is much more practical, and she knows better that even a promotion of this quality cannot be obtained casually. Apart from having money, it also requires a very powerful relationship. Only then can we get it.

This kind of relationship does not mean that it can be established by spending money, but that it is formed during years of transactions.

In fact, in many tea gardens, they have established good relationships with some sellers in ten or decades of operation. The real high-quality tea will only be sold to their own "relationship households". In addition, those who are at the next level or several levels will be given to ordinary merchants.

It must be the case that Wang Hua can get such a good nomination.

"About Houkui, there is also a legendary story, that is, in ancient times, there was an old monkey in the mountains, he gave birth to a baby monkey, one day, the baby monkey went out to play and did not come back, under such circumstances , the old monkey naturally wanted to go out to look for it, but after searching for a long time, it still could not find the young monkey, and then died of illness. The dead monkey was found in a tea planting village on the mountain road, so he took It was buried, and when he was buried, he heard someone saying that he would definitely repay him. But it was discovered that the whole mountain was covered with green tea trees. At this time, the voice appeared again, saying that the old farmer should plant these teas in the future, so that he would no longer have to worry about suffering. Only then did the old farmer realize that it was himself The old monkey who was buried helped him. According to the legend, this is the true origin of Monkey Chief."

Ke Liu smiled. Of course, this is just a legendary story, another example of good intentions being rewarded, but who would care?
For good tea, only such a story can be worthy of it!

(End of this chapter)