Of course, the special-grade scented tea is sold in the tea house, and the price is more expensive. The first-grade scented tea is very cheap. It is made from jasmine flowers that have absorbed the floral fragrance and mixed with green tea. This one is prepared in the market.
It is sold in the market for ordinary people to drink.
Today is a market day in Dahe Town. The two children of the Yue family came to the town with their father.
Yue Ai was carrying about ten kilograms of special scented tea and was planning to find a tea shop to sell it.
So when he came to the town, his little eyes scanned everywhere. Of course, he was not looking for beautiful women, but looking for tea rooms.
Although Dahe Town is not big, it has everything. There are a total of three or four tea shops in this town.
Of course, what Yue Ai is looking for is the highest-end and largest one.
Yue Ting was still a little worried and said: "Brother, do you think those tea shops will really accept our scented tea?"
Yue Ai said confidently: "Brother, just look at me. I believe they will accept it. It won't be long before they come begging us for scented tea!"
Soon, the three of them arrived at Juminglou, the largest and most upscale tea shop in Dahe Town.
The teahouse was indeed very lively. As soon as the three of them entered, a waiter came up to greet them.
"Three distinguished guests, what would you like to drink, please? We have all kinds of good tea here!"
Father Qiu smiled and said: "Xiaoer, we are not here to drink tea. We want to see your shopkeeper to discuss something!"
The waiter looked at the three of them doubtfully and said, "I'm not a tea drinker. Our shopkeeper is very busy, so I'm afraid we may not have enough time!"
It looked like he was going to be rejected. Yue Ai stood up quickly and said, "Brother, didn't you say that your teahouse has all kinds of tea? I don't think so!"
Seeing a little kid looking down on Juminglou like this, the waiter became a little unhappy and said loudly: "If you are here to drink tea, please sit down. If you are someone else, please do what you want!"
It seemed that selling tea was not going so smoothly, so Yue Ai simply walked directly to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper had actually seen the situation here a long time ago, and was a little curious to see a six or seven-year-old kid with such courage.
Yue Ai walked up to the shopkeeper, raised her head and said, "You must be the shopkeeper. My name is Qiu Xing. Do you have jasmine tablets in your teahouse?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he pondered: "No, what kind of tea are these jasmine tablets?"
Yue Ai chuckled and said, "Just now, the waiter in your teahouse said that he had everything. These jasmine tablets are a kind of high-end scented tea. We brought ten kilograms here this time. I wonder if the shopkeeper is interested?"
If you had my jasmine tablets, your teahouse business would be even better than it is now!"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he couldn't help stroking his beard and laughing: "What a crazy little kid, do you know who owns this teahouse? It's owned by Wan Yuanwai, the richest man in the county. What kind of good tea can we not get in?"
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Yue Ting also came over. He snorted and said: "Don't talk about yours, our jasmine tablets can't be entered even in the best teahouse in Beijing. If you don't believe it, you can give it a try. If it doesn't work,
, let’s turn around and leave without disturbing you again!”
When the shopkeeper saw this, he was also a little curious. What jasmine tablets are really so amazing?
Everyone is curious, so the shopkeeper agreed. Yue Ai took out a few coins of jasmine tablets and asked the shopkeeper to make five cups of tea.
Soon, the aroma of tea filled the entire teahouse, and the shopkeeper's expression changed. Although he hadn't drunk the tea yet, the color and aroma were really something he had never seen before.
Even some tea drinkers couldn't help but follow the scent of tea and come running over.
Yue Ai stretched out her hand and said: "Shopkeeper, please take a sip and we'll talk about it later!"
The shopkeeper nodded, picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and suddenly his face turned pale: "Sure enough, it is the best tea I have ever tasted. The fragrance fills my lips and teeth. Good tea, good tea! Brother, how many do you have?
, I accepted them all!”
Yue Ai laughed and said: "Of course it is good tea, but the raw materials of this tea are of the highest quality, and the process is complicated. It is not sold elsewhere, so of course the price must be carefully discussed!"
Two tea guests couldn't help but pick up their cups and took a few sips.
Immediately, he was full of praise and started to help Yue Ai and the others, asking the shopkeeper to collect the tea. They would order this tea to drink by then.
Yue Ting asked impatiently: "Brother, what are you doing?"
Yue Ai smiled slightly and said: "I rely on the mountains to feed the mountains, and I rely on the water to feed the water. The way I think of making money is of course selling tea!"
Yue Ting's eyes widened and he said: "But how can we get involved in this business? Those tea merchants are all big players, how can our family get the money to do this?"
Indeed, the tea business was very profitable in the Song Dynasty, so this business was basically monopolized by some large merchants.
Yue Ai chuckled and said: "Brother, if we were to do the tea business like others, of course we wouldn't be able to get in, and we wouldn't have that much capital, but the tea I want to make is not an ordinary tea, but a brand new one.
Tea that no one ever drank!”
Yue Ai's idea of making money was to make scented tea.
You must know that the tea ceremony in the Song Dynasty was mainly based on the tea ordering method. The so-called tea ordering is to put the finely ground tea powder in a tea cup, first pour a little boiling water to brew, mix the tea powder thoroughly, and then slowly
Pour in boiling water, whisk with tea, mix the tea thoroughly and then drink. This is to drink the tea powder and tea together.
This type of tea emphasizes color, aroma, taste and shape. Drinking tea requires a series of utensils that can give full play to the characteristics of tea. Each type of tea has its own corresponding tea utensils. It pays attention to the original flavor of the tea itself, rather than the original taste of the tea.
Add spices and condiments to the tea soup.
In addition, in order to evaluate the quality of tea, tea fighting has also emerged, especially among some celebrities, who also particularly like tea fighting.
Most of the places where tea fights are held are in relatively large tea shops.
Scented tea had not yet been commercialized in the Song Dynasty. Although there were buds of scented tea, some spices were used, and what Yue Ai wanted to make was modern jasmine tea.
You must know that jasmine tea is also called jasmine scented tablets. In the Tang Dynasty, jasmine was considered to be a symbol of indifference to fame and wealth, and represented the integrity of scholar-bureaucrats. People believed that when jasmine bloomed, the flowers would not be fragrant.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! During the Southern Song Dynasty, even if someone mixed jasmine with tea, there was no modern jasmine tea technology, so it was completely different.
The modern jasmine tea production process is very particular, and is made from green tea and fresh flowers.
The scenting process is to put the fresh jasmine flowers into a dried and cooled tea cup and store them for a period of time, using the adsorption properties of the tea leaves to fully absorb the fragrance of the flowers; then the flowers are sieved and dried to obtain the finished product.
High-end jasmine tea needs to be scented many times and the dried flowers must be picked out.
The jasmine tea obtained in this way has tight strands, rich inner tea aroma, pure and fresh taste, orange and transparent tea soup, uniform and tender leaf base, and the taste is much better than the popular snack tea now.
Yue Ai explained all these in general, which made Yue Ting look at his younger brother with admiration, but he was still skeptical about whether this kind of scented tea could be sold in the market.
Seeing this, Yue Ai said: "Brother, I think this kind of scented tea will definitely become popular in the world. Although it may take a little longer, we will definitely succeed if we take it step by step. After all, the popular tea orders are those of literati
Elegant people like to have fun, but for ordinary people, scented tea is the most suitable. Because ordering tea is too complicated. There are six steps to drink tea, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and there are too many requirements on water quality, heat, and tea sets.
How can ordinary people have the leisure and leisure to order tea every day? Therefore, it is the kingly way to eliminate the complexity and keep it simple. You only need to add a small amount of jasmine tea, brew it directly with boiling water and drink it! And the taste will definitely be better than ordering tea. "
After listening to his brother's explanation, Yue Tingruo realized something: "Brother, it seems that what you said makes sense. I support you."
When it was time to have dinner, Yue Ai expressed her thoughts.
This shocked my grandparents and parents.
You must know that Yue Ai is still a child less than seven years old. Although he is the son of Marshal Yue, he is still so young. How could he come up with such a tea-making technology and a way to make money?
If it really succeeds, it will be a good business. Not only will the two primary school students not have to worry about tuition fees, but if the business becomes big, it is not impossible to become a rich man.
Of course, in order to hide his identity, this business cannot be too big.
Yue Ai did not expect that her idea would successfully gain the support of her whole family.
Of course, on the one hand, this is because grandparents, grandparents, and parents are actually just servants of the in-law family. Of course, they cannot object to the young master's ideas casually. Furthermore, they also want to live a better life, but now they are just reluctantly
Eat enough. If Marshal Yue at Quanxia knew about this, he would definitely be sad. They have not fulfilled their responsibilities.
Now, the little master has come up with such a good way to make money, of course they have to support it.
With the support of her whole family, Yue Ai was ready to get started.
Now I'm just making sample tea, so it doesn't cost much to buy raw materials and tools.
It was half a month later that everything was ready.
The whole family was very curious about what Yue Ai said about the making process of scented tea. Of course, the little master couldn't let this kind of thing come, but they couldn't resist Yue Ai's desire to make it by herself, so they had no choice but to agree.
Yue Ai smiled and said: "Grandpa, grandmother, father, mother, eldest brother, I will show you first, and then you can learn to do it again!"
"Grandpa" Qiu Chongshan said: "Okay, Shitou, let's start your performance!"
Under the gaze of everyone, Xiao Yue Ai started to take action.
There are many steps to making jasmine tea. The first step is to combine the tea base and jasmine flowers.
This is not too special, but the most important thing is the second step of cooking, especially the stacking. Although Yue Ai said it was his first time to do this, he knew the process very well, because he had done it in his previous life.
When he was young, he visited a jasmine tea factory and knew how to make it.
After finishing the stacking, Yue Ai breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Okay, now we just wait for the tea leaves to absorb the aroma of the jasmine flowers before proceeding to the next step!"
Yue Ting patted Yue Ai's shoulder and said, "Brother, I think it will work this time. I'm just waiting to drink the jasmine tea you made!"
The whole family became happy and seemed to see hope.
Although this is just a hope of living a good life, compared with their greatest hope that Marshal Yue can rehabilitate Zhaoxue, it is only a small hope, but it is still a good thing.
Whether both primary schools can successfully enroll in school is impossible without financial support.
In ancient times, not many children of ordinary people could go to school, and most of them were illiterate!