One hour later.

Lunch time is over.

According to everyone's registration, the staff have divided the groups.

Among the first place competition, there are only Lu Yu and Wu Haiming!

Lu Yu had expected this situation.

After all, this time, the "Four Talents" were very popular, and no one of the other new tea men was willing to fight them head-on!

Since they have the opportunity to participate in the ranking competition, of course they hope to win a ranking.

No one wants to be cannon fodder for those talented men with deep backgrounds!

So not only is the "first", but also the number of applicants in the top three is not large.

Most of the new tea people reported the competition rankings in the tenth place, or even further behind.

Only a small number of new tea people who are very confident in their tea have been ranked in the top ten or even the top five.

As Bian Liangji said, the first thing that competes in the ranking competition is the psychology of the new tea people.

If Lu Yu had not participated in this examination, I'm afraid Wu Haiming would win without fighting and win the first place without bloodshed.

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There are twenty rooms in total.

These rooms were originally athletes, referees, and VIP lounges in the stadium.

Now there are white paper with contestant numbers posted on the doors of each room.

Staff lead the newly promoted tea people with the corresponding number into the competition room.

The room for the first place battle.

Lu Yu and Wu Haiming followed the in-site supervision one after another.

The rules are very simple. One of them brews his own participating tea first, and the other one tastes it and records the shortcomings.

Then both parties exchange positions and repeat the same procedure.

If there are many competitors, it is also true that one person makes tea and tastes multiple people, and alternates in turn.

Until everyone has finished brewing, at least three reviewers will be involved in the assessment.

The tea with the least effective disadvantages will be determined to win the final victory.

"Who are you going first?" the judge asked.

Wu Haiming glanced at Lu Yu.

Lu Yu smiled slightly and made a gesture of invitation.

This kind of competition does not require high order, so Wu Haiming nodded and thanked him and said directly: "I'll first."

After saying that, he walked to the tea table and took out a small tea pot.

After transferring the tea in the jar into the tea lotus, hand it over to the supervisor to verify whether it is the tea used to participate in the evaluation.

Verification is complete.

The supervisor handed over the tea lotus again to Wu Haiming.

During the whole process, Lu Yu's eyes never left Chahe!

This is also the reason why he asked Wu Haiming to make tea first. He wanted to determine what Wu Haiming's tea was before brewing himself!

Only in this way can he brew Xinyang Maojian with a better attitude.

The tea inside Wu Haiming's tea lotus is black and shiny, with uniform, tight and thin wires, which are very attractive. It is a very good black tea at first glance.

But after seeing this, Lu Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, narrowed his eyes, as if he was relieved.

But he still didn't take it lightly and continued to watch Wu Haiming's brewing.

After the water was boiled, Wu Haiming skillfully burned the cup.

His fingers flicked his hands and fingers as if his movements were like playing with a flute, flowing naturally and smoothly.

Immediately afterwards, wait until the water temperature is appropriate.

He put the black tea in the tea lotus into the bottom of the cup, slowly rinsed the water in, and poured out the tea soup to finish washing the tea.

At the same time, Lu Yu's eyes lit up slightly!

He keenly discovered that the tea soup after Wu Haiming washed the tea was actually bright red, and he could smell a faint smell of pine smoke while breathing!

Wu Haiming did not notice Lu Yu's expression changes.

He continued his movements and washed the water into the glass teapot again.

Then let it sit for a while, and when the tea soup becomes red, pour it into the fair cup.

At this point, his black tea was brewed.

Seeing this, Lu Yu was already very relieved!

He slowly walked to the tea table, poured himself a cup of black tea and savored it.

A strong pine smoke scent instantly filled his mouthpiece, and the strong taste stimulation made his taste buds start to shrink!

He put down the teacup and smiled slightly, then went to paper and pen to start writing at his desk.

Wu Haiming was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Don't you want to taste the second bubble?"

Lu Yu shook his head and continued to write, "Pine needles and incense make tea is an ancient method. Your method is indeed good, but the tea is wrong! There is no need to taste the second brew of this tea. I can conclude that this tea can't last for five brews."

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Wu Haiming's eyes!

In addition to Lu Yu's faults that directly mentioned his tea, he was even more surprised that Lu Yu actually knew the ancient method of "pine smoke incense"!

This is Wu Haiming never told anyone a secret!

But before he could ask, Lu Yu continued, "I guess you chose to go to Wuyi Mountain to find tea because of this ancient method?"

Wu Haiming was shocked and said in horror: "How do you know?"

Lu Yu said lightly: "Because only the oil pine trees in Wuyi Mountain can produce the best taste."

Lu Yu kept writing in his hand and continued, "But the outer mountain...oh, that is, the black tea near Wuyi Mountain is not as good as the black tea in Zhengshan or the mountain in terms of quality and taste."

"It's a pity that you haven't found a real good tea for so long. You can only replace it with foreign camellia."

"But I don't know that just like the soil and water nourish the people, Wuyi Mountain's oil pine can only make Zhengshan black tea more fragrant and unique, but not so friendly to the outside mountains."

Speaking of this, Lu Yu had stopped the pen in his hand, looked up at Wu Haiming and smiled, "Am I right?"

If it were someone else, Lu Yu would almost never understand what he said.

But Wu Haiming's face was already extremely surprised!

He looked at Lu Yu like a ghost and murmured, "How do you know so clearly?"

Lu Yu smiled and did not directly answer his question, but said lightly: "Your pine-smoked black tea may be ok to scare foreigners who like to mix drinks, but the real clear drink is still far from it."

"The reason why your tea can win in the qualification assessment is because most of our Chinese black tea is now catering to the taste of foreigners."

"Most of the evaluation rules for black tea are formulated by major countries such as India and other black tea drinkers."

"If it weren't for this, I'm afraid you wouldn't even be qualified to be a tea person!"

As he said that Lu Yu pushed the densely packed paper in his hand with words forward, "These are all the shortcomings I wrote for you, you can take a look."

"In addition, I might as well tell you that this conclusion has been made from the first sight of my tea."

Wu Haiming subconsciously asked, "First look?"

Lu Yu smiled: "Because Zhengshan black tea grows naturally, the ropes are definitely not so even and not so shiny."

"And the taste of your tea is similar to the potato flavor. If I drink it for five bubbles, I will feel astringent in my throat."
Chapter completed!