Leisure Mountain Village

Chapter 36 Fried Tea
The tea itself is wild tea, and I found it because of the special sense given to me by the mountain god's space. It can be said that it is a gift from the mountain god, and it can be called a fairy, so it is more appropriate to call it wild fairy tea.

"I've never heard of it." Mom shook her head.

Soon the iron pot was heated up, and my mother put the fresh leaves into the pot directly, and saw her palms twirling in the pot, and the fresh leaves turned in the pot following her mother's movements.

"This is the so-called frying and killing. It is mainly to remove the moisture and grassy smell in the fresh leaves." While finishing the greens, my mother explained, "The most important thing is to fry the fresh leaves. The tea leaves are basically wasted, and no matter how well they are processed later, there will be no tea aroma, but a strong bitter taste."

"Mom, you have worked hard, why don't you take a break and let me try?" Lin Chen said
"I used to stir-fry tea with your grandfather. I fried a hundred catties or more at a time. It's nothing but a warm-up." Mom said disdainfully, but it was true. More than 20 catties of fresh leaves were cooked quickly in the pot. It has shrunk a lot.

"Bring over our bamboo plaque." My mother said.

Lin Chen hurriedly brought over the bamboo plaque that usually put the steamed buns, and saw his mother picked up the iron pot and spread the fresh leaves that had been finished greening on the bamboo plaque.

"Bring the pedestal fan too, you have to blow on it." My mother ordered.

Lin Chen quickly went to get the floor fan again. At this time, Duo Duo was holding a handful of steamed buns in his hand, with rhubarb behind his buttocks. The two little guys were very curious about what was going on in front of them.

"Grandma, I'll give you a steamed bun." Duoduo ran to Lin Chen's mother, stuffed a small steamed bun into grandma's mouth, and then stuffed Lin Chen with a "Da Lin, I'll give you a small steamed bun."

"Well, thank you girl, we can eat after dad is done!" Lin Chen put down the floor fan, and then turned on the fan to let the wind blow on the tea leaves.

Duoduo and Dahuang stood in front of the fan. When the fan was turned on, Dahuang thought it was interesting, so he opened his mouth to bite the wind. Naturally, the bite was empty, but Duodu insisted on opening his mouth to see what Dahuang was biting. something.

Mom squeezed out a piece of tea and handed it to Lin Chendao, "Taste it."

"That's it?" Lin Chen was a little puzzled. He vaguely remembered that frying tea was not that simple, but he still put the tea leaves passed by his mother into his mouth.

My mother stuffed one herself, and after chewing, she was surprised and said, "Hey, this tea...how did it taste like this!?"

Lin Chen chewed a couple of mouthfuls, only to find it soft and fragrant. Seeing his mother's expression, he quickly said, "It's fried?"

My mother shook her head and said, "That's not true, but generally tea leaves are soft and fragrant after being roasted, with a slight grassy smell. Your tea leaves a fragrance after roasting, and there is no grassy smell at all. On the contrary... there is a smell It’s sweet, and I’ve never fried tea like this before.”

"Then is this good or bad?" Lin Chen asked worriedly.

My mother affirmed, "Of course it's good. The grassy smell is the most damaging to the taste of the finished green tea. This tea has no grassy smell right after it's finished, and the quality of the final fried tea will definitely not be bad."

"I want to eat too, I want to eat too!" Seeing that both of them had something to eat, Dodo immediately gave up and held her grandma's hand like swinging on a swing.

"Okay, give our little one a taste." Mom squeezed a piece of tea for Duo Duo.

Dodo chewed like the two of them, and said with some liking, "Grandma, this leaf is a bit sweet, it's delicious!"

"It's delicious but you can't eat too much. If you eat too much tea, you won't be able to sleep at night, and you will have nightmares!" Lin Chen threatened the girl.

Lin Chen felt relieved when his mother said this, and after a while, his mother kneaded the tea leaves with her hands. She explained, "Now I need to knead the tea leaves with my fingers, the purpose is to further squeeze out the moisture in the tea leaves, just like letting the tea leaves come out. Like sweat."

Lin Chen followed suit, and there was no skill at all in this method. Soon, the two tea leaves were kneaded by the two, and then my mother lit the firewood pot at home, and then put the bamboo plaque directly on the pot .

"This is the last step, as long as the remaining water is dried, the tea will be roasted." Mom said.

Looking at the condition of the tea leaves in the bamboo plaque, my mother put away the fire not long after, and asked Lin Chen to find a jar to collect the tea leaves. The original 26 kilograms, [-] kilograms of tea leaves were less than three kilograms after frying, that is, It is said that basically six catties of fresh leaves can be fried to produce one catty of finished products.

There are also quite a few tea jars at home, so Lin Chen found a few to put all the fried tea in them.

"Don't cover it, wait for it to cool naturally." My mother ordered.

It actually took more than half an hour for the tea leaves to be dried from greening to final drying. This is due to the fact that my mother is very good at hand, otherwise it would take less than half an hour to get out of the pot.

After finishing his work, Lin Chen squeezed a little and brewed a pot. The waste water brewed the rolled tea leaves again, and a fresh fragrance immediately permeated.

"It smells so good!" Mom showed surprise, the fragrance of a pot of tea actually filled the whole room, and she had never encountered tea that had been roasted for so long at home.

"Mom, you worked hard today, drink tea." Lin Chen hurriedly poured a cup for his mother, and brought it to his face respectfully.

"Dalin, Dalin, I'm working hard too, I want to drink tea too!" Smelling the fragrance, Duoduo immediately clamored for it.

"What kind of tea do children drink? After drinking it, they can't sleep and have nightmares." Lin Chen said, "Besides, how hard is it for you little girl."

"I worked so hard to feed my grandma the buns, isn't grandma right!?" Duoduo said as a matter of course.

The mother immediately narrowed her eyes with a smile, hugged her granddaughter and said, "Baby is right, but Dad didn't lie to you. It's not good for children to drink too much tea. You can only drink a small sip of grandma's tea!"

Dodo nodded immediately, raised a finger, shrunk her head and said, "En En, just take a small sip."

The mother blew the tea cold, and then fed Duo Duo a small mouthful. Lin Chen smiled and said, "How is it, is it good?"

Duo Duo tasted it, nodded and said, "Dalin, the taste is so strange, a bit bitter, and then it becomes sweet, and it smells so good!"

"That's pretty cool!" Lin Chen smiled, poured himself a glass, and said to his mother, "Mom, let's taste it too."

The two of them took a sip of the fragrant tea, and felt that it was very similar to what Duo Duo said. First, there was a trace of bitterness that lingered in the mouth, but the bitterness was not unpalatable, and then the fragrance came back with the aftertaste of sweetness, entangled with the bitterness. , Just when Lin Chen thought it was over like this, the tea flowed down his throat, and the warmth wrapped in the fragrance of the tea, unexpectedly went upstream again. Lin Chen only felt the fragrance in his mouth and nose, and the tip of his tongue was lingering for a long time With the fragrance of tea, the taste is indescribable!
"Phew, this tea...is delicious!" Lin Chen really couldn't find the words to describe it. Perhaps the only word that can best express it is delicious.

The mother also nodded and said, "It's great. The tea flows into the abdomen along with the heat, making people feel light and warm all over. Son, it's probably not cheap for your friend to give you this tea."

At this time, Rhubarb saw a few people slurping tea and drinking happily, and was also a little anxious. He licked his tongue and rubbed his head against Lin Chen's leg. It was clean, and his eyes were bright. He seemed to like this wild fairy tea very much, so Lin Chen could only pour some more.

"Let me tell you, it's none of my business that I can't fall asleep after drinking too much." Lin Chen said helplessly.

At this moment, Dahai and Dongzi suddenly walked in from the door, and Dongzi said with a distressed face when he saw Lin Chen, "Brother, deduct my salary! It's my incompetence...!"

"What's going on? I sold so many vegetables and strawberries today, and I was just about to give you bonuses. Why are you still copying and deducting wages?" Lin Chen laughed.

(End of this chapter)