In fact, it is now nearly four o'clock, and the old man Li Zhifu can rest for an hour and a half. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Xia Ruofei also really experienced the complexity of the handmade tea making process, especially if those key processes were completed by one person, which was really hard.

Ye Lingyun directly laid the floor in Li Zhifu's room, while Xia Ruofei returned to the car, put down the rear seats, and slept with clothes.

He felt as if he had just closed his eyes when the alarm went off - in fact, he had been sleeping very lightly for hours.

Xia Ruofei sat up and looked out through the car window, the room where Li Zhifu was resting had been lit up, and Xia Ruofei hurriedly pushed the car door and jumped out of the car.

After more than an hour of rest, and the effect of the Lingxin Flower Petal Solution, Li Zhifu seemed to be still in good spirits, and was directing Ye Lingyun to move the water sieve out.

Poplar Root had already pulled a wire in the yard and hung a large 200-watt light bulb, and the yard was suddenly bright.

Xia Ruofei also stepped forward, only to see Li Zhifu carefully inspecting the tea green under the light, and only nodded with satisfaction after a long time and said: "The process of making green is perfect! Now the tea green is already in a state of three red and seven green!"

Li Zhifu saw Xia Ruofei looking confused, and explained with a smile: "Three red and seven green is our term, that is, after the tea green is shaken to make green, the edge of the blade is rubbed and collided, and the injured part will be dark red when it is oxidized, and at this stage, three points of red and seven points of green is the best state." ”

Xia Ruofei showed a teachable expression and said: "Mr. Li, this ancient method of making tea is too much!"

Li Zhifu said with a smile: "Where is this going? There are more than a dozen processes in the big red robe, and each process has a lot of exquisiteness, if it weren't for the master's hand-in-hand teaching, diligent study and hard practice every day, even the most smart person would not be able to learn!"

Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "Yes! I don't know if I don't see it, but I look at it...... Mr. Li, Lingyun is learning from you, and I want you to bother more......"

"Don't worry! Since I accepted him as an apprentice, I will definitely do my best!" Li Zhifu said lightly, "There are not many people who are willing to learn this traditional tea-making craft now, even if I keep one hand, it is meaningless, and I can't bring it into the coffin!"

Ye Lingyun hurriedly said, "Master, you are in good health! Don't say such unlucky words!"

Li Zhifu's gaze at Ye Lingyun was also undisguised with affection, and he smiled kindly and said, "Okay, stop gossiping, let's start working!"

The next step is to fry the greens, and the poplar root has already prepared the iron pot, but the steps to make the fire are done by Li Zhifu himself - this is related to the heat of the tea, and he will never fake it to others.

After the pot was hot, Li Zhifu poured the fermented tea into the iron pot, and then began to fry the green tea with his bare hands.

His gestures are also very peculiar, the tea green is flipped up and down under his agitation, the water of the tea leaves also evaporates rapidly, the fermentation process is artificially stopped, and the essence of the tea juice is completely preserved in this process.

Slowly, the green tea in the iron pot began to emit a trace of water vapor, and the temperature of the iron pot began to rise, Li Zhifu began to use two and a half moon-shaped wooden tea chops, first slightly shook one or two times, emitting some water and volatile green gas, and then used the double tea chops to shake the fried green leaves.

After a while, the tea green was almost ready to come out of the pot, Li Zhifu shook the tea chop a little to make the tea green evenly disperse the water, and after a few more stir-frying, all the tea green was out of the pot.

Li Zhifu didn't even have time to take a breath, and immediately began the kneading procedure.

The kneading is also purely handmade, the action is a bit like washing clothes, Li Zhifu presses the fried green leaves in the kneading sieve and pushes and pulls back and forth, until the leaf juice flows out in sufficient amount, rolls into strips, fragrant and fragrant, and immediately begins to unblock and shake loose.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhifu put the tea into the pot and re-fried, the process was very short, about half a minute, only a few times to flip, then take out and knead, the kneading time is shorter than the first time.

From the beginning of frying to rolling, re-frying, and re-kneading, the whole process is about half an hour.

However, the workload is still very large, Li Zhifu almost did not stop for a moment, and he was sweating profusely after doing it.

Xia Ruofei hurriedly handed over the "nutrient solution" that had been prepared long ago.

Li Zhifu took the small porcelain bottle, drank the Lingxin Flower petal solution in a few sips, and then wiped his mouth and said, "Gen'er, is the bakery ready?"

"Master, you're ready!" Yang Shugen said quickly.

"Let's start roasting!" Li Zhifu said decisively.

"Okay!"

When he came to the roasting room, Li Zhifu evenly placed the roasted and kneaded tea leaves in a roasting basket made of narrow waists, and then began to light a fire in the roasting cave and add charcoal.

The heat of this process is also quite critical, Li Zhifu has been making tea for decades, and the reason why he is famous is precisely because the heat of baking is mastered to the pinnacle, so in the process of his operation, Ye Lingyun and Yang Shugen are staring intently, for fear of missing a certain detail.

The charcoal in the baking cave soon began to turn red, and Xia Ruofei could feel the heat wave when he stood in the room.

Li Zhifu felt it carefully, adjusted the position of the charcoal a few more times, and then evenly sprinkled the plant ash on it - this is also Li Zhifu's unique skill, through the plant ash can control the temperature of the baking hole, and the heat is dissipated more evenly.

After several adjustments, Li Zhifu finally nodded.

Ye Lingyun and Yang Shugen hurriedly worked together to lift the roasting cage and put it on top of the roasting hole.

The doors and windows of the entire roasting room are closed, and the moisture can only pass through the cracks in the roof, so the room is very stuffy, but Li Zhifu still stays in front of the roaster all the time, observing the state of the tea leaves, and stir-frying several times during the period.

After about fifteen to twenty minutes, the water roasting was also successfully completed.

After the tea leaves were roasted, Li Zhifu asked Ye Lingyun to pour the tea leaves into the dustpan arc, and then personally used the dustpan to remove yellow flakes, fragments, tea powder and other inclusions, and then spread out the tea leaves and moved them to the outside stall to dry.

After Li Zhifu personally inspected it, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Xiao Xia, it will take about five hours to dry now, let's go and rest for a while!"

Xia Ruofei knew that Li Zhifu hadn't closed his eyes all night, although there were a few hours of free time in the middle, but the old man's sleep was very shallow, and Li Zhifu didn't know if he was asleep!

He hurriedly said, "Okay, Mr. Li, it's really hard for you!

Xia Ruofei didn't rest much, so after sending Li Zhifu to the door of the room, he also hurriedly got into the car and lay down.

After sleeping until about eleven o'clock at noon, Xia Ruofei got up refreshed, took out the usual travel toiletry bag from the trunk, and went to the faucet in the yard to wash up briefly.

Li Zhifu had also gotten up at this time, and he was checking the status of the tea leaves on the green shelf.

Xia Ruofei hurriedly greeted: "Mr. Li, how are you resting?"

Li Zhifu said with a smile: "It's okay, I slept for a while." Xiao Xia, the process of making tea by hand has been completed for more than half of the time, and there are still a few steps left, and it will be done before noon!"

"You've worked hard!" Xia Ruofei said sincerely.

Xia Ruofei's words came from the bottom of his heart -- you must know that this is a ninety-year-old man! I almost stayed up all night last night!

Li Zhifu smiled and waved his hand and said, "It's not hard, it's not hard, it's such a good tea, I like it when I see it, and I don't feel tired at all!"

Next, Li Zhifu asked Ye Lingyun and Yang Shugen to carry the tea leaves to the roasting room, and began the finishing procedures such as re-roasting and stir-frying.

At around half past eleven, the hair tea of Da Hong Pao was finally successfully made!

Yang Shugen found an electronic scale and weighed it, a total of about one pound and two taels.

However, the whole production process is not complete.

After everyone had a simple lunch in the small tea factory in Yangshugen, Li Zhifu began to refine the hair tea himself.

This is a more complex process, including primary sorting, screening, re-sorting, winnowing, initial roasting, homogeneous stacking and other processes, after Li Zhifu's personal refining, the final finished Dahong robe was finally presented in front of everyone.

I saw that the big red robe tea leaves were strong and even, dark brown and with oily treasure light, and there was a very strong tea fragrance when I got closer, which was refreshing.

Ye Lingyun and Yang Shugen both showed admiration and looked at Li Zhifu.

And Li Zhifu looked at the finished red robe, which was only about a pound, and couldn't help but show a very satisfied look, stroked his beard and smiled: "Xiao Xia, the fresh leaves you provide are really of high quality! I am the most satisfied with this tea making for so many years, you see that this rope is quite tight, strong, and the color is quite pure, and it also has such an obvious treasure, not bad......

Xia Ruofei said happily: "Mr. Li, this is your superb skill, otherwise even if it is a good tea green, it is impossible to make tea of this quality." ”

In terms of tea making, Li Zhifu was not modest, he smiled and nodded and said, "How about it, let's try this tea!"

Xia Ruofei immediately said, "Okay!"

No matter how good the appearance of the tea is, the final quality still has to be implemented in the taste, only after brewing and tasting it.

Ye Lingyun and Yang Shugen were naturally full of expectations, and Yang Shugen hurriedly moved a full set of tea sets.

Li Zhifu said: "Gen'er, you first find a tea pot and help Xiao Xia seal the tea leaves!"

"Okay!"

Yang Shugen originally opened a tea factory here, and there was naturally no shortage of tea cans, so he quickly took a one-pound bottle, carefully packed the big red robe made by Li Zhifu into the tea can, and sealed it tightly.

Li Zhifu put about a brew of tea leaves left by poplar roots into the purple clay pot, this purple sand pot looks a little old, purple and translucent, it should be used by poplar roots to make tea by themselves.

After the mountain spring water first boiled, Li Zhifu poured the water into the purple clay pot, and suddenly the fragrance of tea in the room floated up, and everyone's eyes lit up - this tea is really fragrant!

Li Zhifu put down the kettle, and immediately picked up the purple clay pot and poured out the tea soup inside-Da Hong Pao also needs to wash tea, but this brewing process is extremely short, and there is no need to wait for a few seconds like Tieguanyin.

Then Li Zhifu poured the still boiling mountain spring water again, and after standing for about ten seconds, he poured it directly into the smelling cup in front of everyone.

When the tea soup was poured into the fragrant cup, Yang Shugen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said happily: "The tea soup is clear and clear!

Xia Ruofei fixed his eyes and saw that the tea soup in the fragrant cup in front of him was dark orange-yellow, very clear and translucent.

Li Zhifu smiled slightly, poured the tea in the smelling cup into another tea tasting cup, then picked up the smelling cup, rubbed his hands gently, and then brought the smelling cup to his nose, closed his eyes slightly, and took a deep breath......

Xia Ruofei also did the same, learning Li Zhifu's movements and smelling the fragrance of tea, he couldn't tell what was good, he felt that the fragrance was refreshing, as if the whole person was in good spirits.

"Clear and remote, fragrant and fragrant!Good tea!" Li Zhifu said excitedly.

Then, Li Zhifu put down the smelling cup, and finally picked up the tea cup, Yang Shugen and Ye Lingyun are not rookies, they are quite skilled in tea tasting, and they also picked up the tea cup after smelling the incense.

Xia Ruofei also learned from everyone to hold up the tea cup.

Smelling the fragrance of tea in the room, Xia Ruofei's mood seemed to become calm, and his eyes involuntarily revealed appreciation and playfulness, he slowly inhaled the tea soup, and then swallowed it slowly.

Xia Ruofei suddenly felt the mellow and sweet taste echoing between his mouth, and couldn't help but show a look of enjoyment.

Li Zhifu opened his eyes and asked with a smile, "Xiao Xia, how do you feel?"

Xia Ruofei smiled and said, "Mr. Li, I am a layman when tasting tea, but I feel that the taste of this tea soup is very mellow, and at the same time, it has a very attractive fragrance. There's also an indescribable charm in it......"

Yang Shugen immediately said: "Yan Yun! Master, this big red robe Yan Yun is very obvious, it is really a superb tea!"

Li Zhifu smiled and nodded and said, "Gen'er is right, Xiao Xia, you can taste the fragrance of the rock rhyme, which means that my big red robe is quite successful!"

"Yan Yun?" Xia Ruofei asked with some puzzlement.

Li Zhifu nodded and said: "Yes! In layman's terms, it is the charm of rocks, which is the unique charm of our Wuyi Mountain Da Hong Pao." ”

"Sounds a bit ......," Xia Ruofei sneered.

"It's not mysterious at all, our big red robe in Wuyi Mountain has turned the seemingly mysterious rhyme into a tangible and tasteful rhyme. Li Zhifu said.

Then, there was a hint of profundity in his eyes, and he said: "In my opinion, Da Hong Pao is like an old man who has gone through vicissitudes of life, endured wind and rain, and slowly told you after a long life. This kind of narration can stand the temper of time and the scrutiny of the years. ”

Xia Ruofei was suddenly in awe, he never expected that an old tea farmer who had been engaged in tea-making work in Wuyi Mountain for decades would be able to say such philosophical and poetic words.

Xia Ruofei glanced at Li Zhifu deeply, and then asked, "Old Mr. Li, what do you think of the quality of the big red robe made this time compared to the legendary mother tree big red robe?"

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