Chapter 179: Master Fox's Strict Selection

After tasting the roasted Tieguanyin handed over by Aqing, An Sheng explained to Aqing from an academic perspective and the dimension of craftsmanship why this Tieguanyin was unpleasant to drink, while also complaining about the poor and immature craftsmanship of the other party.

But An Sheng's commentary, falling into Yu Xueqing's mind, directly and simply became:

'Master, Master! This can't be drunk, wow! The taste is like biting into a burnt pine needle; Fox Fox's mouth and tongue are all numb, it's not fragrant or sweet, and it's different from the sweet water at our house.'

'Fox Fox feels like it ate a mouthful of ash!'

After Yu Xueqing thought about it, combining her feelings about this roasted Tieguanyin, she faced the live broadcast room and said:

"After a deep evaluation by our Master Fox, he bluntly said it's like bumping into a nose full of ash!"

As soon as Yu Xueqing's words came out, some question marks floated up sporadically in the live broadcast room.

And the tourists around the tea stall were all stunned, subconsciously nodding, feeling that Aqing's adjectives, although carrying some weirdness, were inexplicably appropriate.

Tea that hasn't undergone the fire-removal process still carries a charcoal-fire choking sensation and an astringent alkaline sensation.

After people drink it, isn't it just bumping into a nose full of ash?

"The description is quite good, and the mouth is quite picky."

The tea stall owner saw Aqing, but he didn't get angry from embarrassment because Aqing pointed out the product's shortcomings. Instead, he said with great interest: "I remember you, you seem to be the little one from Ahong's family, right?"

"What you said is indeed correct. This roasted Tieguanyin of mine has indeed not undergone conventional fire removal, but has been prepared through a new process, but the finished product still cannot meet the production standards of roasted or light fragrance."

"Currently in the Tieguanyin market, light-fragrance Tieguanyin occupies half the country, and electric-roasted Tieguanyin has cut off a part of the market. Even for traditional charcoal roasting, the popular Tieguanyin is lightly roasted."

"But deep roasting also has a market. My tea factory often receives such complaints, so we have been trying to improve the process. This experimental tea of ours is also here for the Tea Competition, mainly for discussion."

The tea stall owner smiled, praised Yu Xueqing for her picky mouth, and introduced it to the tea guests around.

Those who can come here are all tea guests and tea merchants; he didn't explain some basic things too deeply.

The Tieguanyin market is very large and once became popular all over the country.

But what became popular was "light-fragrance Tieguanyin."

This thing is a product of cutting corners, and because the craftsmanship was not mature in the past, drinking too much will cause people to experience acid reflux and vomiting, similar to a drunken reaction.

And the most traditional and authentic "roasted Tieguanyin" was abandoned because the production process is cumbersome and hinders making money.

With the fading of the capital craze, some tea guests who truly like authentic Tieguanyin tea were shocked to find that there is no traditional deep-roasted Tieguanyin on the market.

This is the history of Tieguanyin. This tea factory owner saw this market and developed a new preparation process, trying to do the refined business of the sinking market.

But process improvement is not something that can be improved just by opening one's mouth.

How to simplify the process while retaining the flavor, or balancing cost and selling price, is a heavy problem.

This tea factory owner, Old Chen, came to set up a tea stall mainly to listen to the opinions of tea guests, ask for comments from experts with professional backgrounds, and then determine the direction of the next improvement.

He came to catch the tail end of the market to make money, not to make contributions by jumping into a big pit.

Therefore, when he heard Yu Xueqing's comments, he didn't have any anger, but instead asked Aqing about the improvement suggestions for this tea with great interest.

"Uh..."

Seeing the owner from the same village at the tea stall invite her to sit down and chat about 【Improvement and Opinions on Deep-Roasted Tieguanyin】, Aqing's gaze became a bit erratic and a bit awkward.

She is okay at drinking and brewing tea, but if she really wants to go deep into the core process preparation, Aqing can only be considered an outsider.

The tea-making process is not difficult, but she doesn't understand the significance of each link and the corresponding chemical formulas.

【???】

And in the live broadcast room that Yu Xueqing couldn't attend to, question marks gradually began to increase.

According to normal routines and plots, shouldn't Yu Xueqing's language, which was like kicking the field, encounter an owner who was angry from embarrassment and came out to make a scene?

Then, despise Aqing for having no knowledge, and daring to point fingers after drinking tea for a few years?

Finally, Aqing is scolded to tears by the owner, and the onlookers can't stand it and carry out a righteous group beating?

But now, she was politely invited to sit down at the tea stall by the owner, and they even started discussing tea industry and the prospects of deep-roasted Tieguanyin?

The audience in the live broadcast room were dumbfounded, to the point of starting to type question marks.

And Mo Yiqing, who had been paying attention to the live broadcast, saw that there was a suspected conflict point in the live broadcast room. Without saying a word, she directly threw a "Note No. 1" into Aqing's live broadcast room to help Aqing increase the popularity of the live broadcast room and help her hit the charts.

"... The situation is like this, so, you look at your own taste and give your uncle some advice."

Old Chen from the tea factory spoke, preparing to record the opinions of this picky girl as a market survey.

Upon hearing this, Yu Xueqing subconsciously looked sideways at the little fox on her shoulder.

"Why are you looking at me? Look at him! Let the uncle Venmo me 50,000 yuan for tea money to moisten his throat, otherwise, I'll give him guidance for free?"

"Aqing, seize the opportunity to make money!" The little fox's yelping and trash-talking continued. Its figure leaped, and its four limbs landed lightly on the tea table with a proud expression.

Then.

Under the strange gaze of Old Chen from the tea factory, the tea guests, and the audience in the live broadcast room, the little fox sniffed the dozen or so tea bowls on the tea table and the tea soup with different brewing times.

"Ying ying ying!"

The little fox looked at Aqing, raised its fox paw, placed it on one of the covered bowls, and patted it gently three times.

"You want me to scoop three spoons of this tea soup? Put it into a tea cup with high iron content?"

After Yu Xueqing finished listening to An Sheng's yelping, the expression on her cheeks froze, and she looked sideways at the tea stall owner. The owner, with a dazed and black-lined face, subconsciously turned sideways and took out a tea cup with high iron content from a storage box on the side.

Tea cup was originally one of the specialties of Xia Dong.

It's just that, compared to things like Da Hong Pao, the reputation of tea cup is not that prominent.

"Ying ying!"

The little fox turned and walked to another fair cup and patted it. Aqing hurriedly followed, using a disposable spoon to scoop out the corresponding tea soup from inside.

Then, the little fox jumped under the table, rummaged through the storage box, took out two bags of tea leaves, and carried them to Yu Xueqing's front, letting her start brewing.

Under everyone's dumbfounded gaze, the little fox directed Aqing to use new tea leaves and tea soup to re-blend a pot of hot tea of about 300 milliliters.

"Ying ying ying!"

The little fox held its head high, revealing its chest and neck, and patted the 【Blended Deep-Roasted Tieguanyin】 that flowed through the tea cup and finally fell into the tea bowl.

"Xiao An said, you guys try it." Yu Xueqing said with a blush on her cheeks and a weak tone.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 180 =====