Mingmen Family

Chapter 62 Osmanthus tea is listed

The grandson is lively, and Ye Chongming loved this grandson very much in the past.But seeing that he didn't seem to have a sad face at this time, Ye Chongming couldn't help but want to sigh.

His grandson is far behind Ming'er.

Ye Jiaxing didn't know that the grandfather who loved him was gone, and the grandfather who hated iron but wanted to be stricter was about to come online.

He also asked curiously: "Grandfather, do we really ignore the rumors in the city?"

"Do you think we should take care of it?" Ye Chongming asked back.

"I think we have to send people to publicize the number of tea leaves we have ordered today, right? Only the tea merchants present know what happened just now. If they don't say it, wouldn't it be..."

Having said that, Ye Jiaxing's voice gradually became quieter.

He found that his always loving grandfather was looking at him expressionlessly.

"Are you worried that when you go out to eat and have fun with your friends, people will talk about losing face?" Ye Chongming asked.

Ye Jiaxing didn't dare to deny that he was talking about his thoughts.Lying is not allowed in the Ye family.

He said awkwardly: "Not all of them. It's mainly our family's reputation. Those tea customers can talk about it all day long, and it's not good for our business."

"Then, haven't you noticed that some tea customers like to come to our teahouse during this period of time because of curiosity? There are also some old tea customers who come to the teahouse to support us every day because they don't want our business to fail. During this period of time, people in the teahouse More than ever?"

"Ah?" Ye Jiaxing suddenly realized, "Is this the reason? I'm still wondering."

Ye Chongming used to be very happy to teach his grandson.At this moment, he simply closed his eyes and mouth, not wanting to speak.

Because everyone is concerned about the affairs of the Ye family, after this day passes, the news that the Ye family still ordered as many tea leaves as in previous years spread like wildfire, and spread among those who are concerned about this matter.

Before the tea lovers who actively or passively supported the Ye family had left, Ye Chongming simply took the opportunity to launch the sweet-scented osmanthus tea the next day after discussing with Ye Yaming, and wrote it on rice paper as Ye Yaming told him. A notice is on the door panel, telling everyone that Yejia has newly launched sweet-scented osmanthus tea.

At the same time, another batch of sweet-scented osmanthus tea was shipped to Mei's house last night, and Ye Hongsheng left the city early this morning, and met at the gate of the city with the guardian who shipped the tea out last night, and Guan Canghai and others who invited the bodyguards , went to the capital.

Accompanied by the injured bodyguard from the capital, he had been recuperating in the Huichun Hall.Now that his injury is getting better, he wants to go back to Beijing.The weather was cool, and the doctor checked it and thought it was all right, so he agreed to go back.

As for the two injured bodyguards in Guan Canghai Bodyguard Bureau, they were taken home by their families to recuperate after they were out of danger.

In front of Jixiang Building, someone looked at the notice and asked suspiciously: "Osmanthus tea? What kind of tea is this? Do you use dried osmanthus to make tea?"

The person next to him suddenly realized: "I remembered that some time ago, there were people collecting sweet-scented osmanthus everywhere. When I was riding in a carriage, I saw children playing sweet-scented osmanthus on the side of the road. Could it be that the Ye family bought it to make sweet-scented osmanthus Tea?"

"I saw it too. My old lady led the female family members to beat down the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers at home and sell them. She said that they were blooming on the trees, and they failed in a few days. Why don't you sell them and earn some money to feed the servants at home. I didn't expect This flower was harvested by the Ye family, and it was also used to make sweet-scented osmanthus tea."

When harvesting the flowers, Ye Chongming didn't want to attract Meng Chengwei's attention and cause trouble, so he entrusted them to acquaintances to buy sweet-scented osmanthus along the streets and alleys.

The tea drinkers who come to Jixianglou to drink tea every day are basically from well-to-do families. Even if they don’t sell sweet-scented osmanthus, they have heard calls for acquisitions, or heard their family members mention it.

At this time, someone raised a new question: "Is this dried osmanthus tea delicious? If it tastes good, someone made osmanthus tea as early as 800 years ago, right?"

"That's right, I've only heard of sweet-scented osmanthus being used to make sweet-scented osmanthus candy, but I haven't heard that it's delicious when soaked in this way. Not to mention every household in Lin'an City, many people also grow sweet-scented osmanthus. If you soak it like this It’s delicious, everyone has already collected it and dried it to make tea.”

Someone who trusted the Ye family's tea-making skills said: "If it was so simple, the Ye family would not directly regard it as a kind of tea. It must have been made with some tea-making skills. With Ye Erye here, It must taste good."

As he said that, he walked in: "Let's go, try it."

So a group of people came in, either on the first floor or on the second floor, and they all planned to order a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus tea and taste it.

I got a waiter to ask, the price of sweet-scented osmanthus tea is still not cheap, although it is not as good as the best round tea, but it is about the same as the price of medium round tea. Compared with loose tea and powdered tea, it is much more expensive.

Someone thought it was expensive and said, "Osmanthus fragrans are very cheap, a few pennies a catty. Why are they so expensive after they are made into tea?"

The man smiled and said: "Master, although this sweet-scented osmanthus is cheap, our boss extracts sweet-scented osmanthus, and then uses a secret method to make it into loose tea. Just order a pot and try it. The tea looks like It’s just loose tea, but it has a strong scent of sweet-scented osmanthus, and the taste is better than drinking only loose tea.”

These remarks were naturally given by Ye Yaming to mislead those who want to imitate osmanthus.

"Really?" The tea guest hesitated.

The waiter said again: "Anyway, you guys often come here to drink tea and are familiar with each other, but you can order a pot of tea together to taste the taste." After a pause, he continued, "A pot of tea is recommended for four people That's the best fit."

His proposal was immediately approved by the tea drinkers. Several acquaintances gathered together, and every four of them ordered a pot of tea together.

There are also those who are not short of money and can trust the taste of Yejia tea, they order a single pot.

After a while, Dr. Tea made the tea and brought it up.

Unlike later generations, machines are used to make large quantities of red and green tea.The tea at this time had to be picked by hand.

In order to pursue the quality and price of Yejia tea, the grades of tea picking are extremely strict: spring tea only picks one bud, one leaf or even shoots, which are used for top-grade round tea; the remaining old leaves are made into middle and low-grade tea. Bouquet or loose tea.For summer tea and autumn tea, one bud and two leaves are picked or the leaves are steamed to make green tea, that is, loose tea, and the remaining old leaves are made into rough tea.

Because of the strict grading of picking, Ye Hongsheng's tea making skills are also superb. Ye's tea is loose tea, and the taste is better than other teas.Of course, the price is also more expensive.

When making sweet-scented osmanthus tea, the Ye family does not have many loose teas, so they have to buy tea leaves from other houses to make together.Other tea leaves are not so particular about picking. The tea leaves are of different sizes, the tea making techniques are not refined, and the taste is not as good as Ye's loose tea.Ye Yaming divided the sweet-scented osmanthus tea into upper, middle and lower grades according to the quality of the tea base, and the prices are naturally different.

(End of this chapter)