The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 108: Scented tea

Although the place Yun Yanhui looked at is closer to Tokyo, but in terms of administrative division, it is Kaifeng County, one of the two Chixian counties in Kaifeng Prefecture. Now, it is still desolate. When there are mountains and waters, although the mountains are not high mountains and the waters are not big rivers, it is enough to do some tricks.

In order to welcome the imperial driver, although I can't build an excellent house, the bamboo shed has already been set up, and then clothed and cushioned with brocade, it is already a very luxurious temporary residence.

Renzong has never seen any gardens. Although the scenery in front of him is beautiful, he cannot be moved. What moves him is the scene depicted by Yun Yanhui, just thinking about what this place will be in the future. , Renzong was happy, smiled, and asked the accompanying people to wonder: Is this place so beautiful?

Chen Lin, that is, Chen Banpan, the general manager of Renzong's side, the confidant number 1, went to the temporary kitchen to see Yun Yanhui. The main thing was to ask him what he was going to eat today. This is asking for Renzong.

As soon as Chen Lin entered, he first smelled a refreshing scent of jasmine flowers, but there was no jasmine flowers here, and he suspected it was the incense on his clothes. But here, in addition to Yun Yanhui, are a few small eunuchs who started to fight. The former did not incense, and the latter was not qualified to incense.

Chen Lin walked closer, only to realize that Yun Yanhui was making tea. The aroma of jasmine came from the teapot.

Jasmine is still a fashionable thing. It was not long before it was introduced to the Song Dynasty from the Western Regions, but its fragrance has already fascinated a lot. "If I were to cultivate the history of flowers in his year, it would be listed as the number one fragrance in the world", referring to jasmine.

But in the Southern Song Dynasty, jasmine tea appeared, which is what Yun Yanhui is doing now. And it has only been popular for a while. As for modern times, there are more types of scented teas, and many of them are Western-style scented teas.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was more popular to order tea, that is, grind the tea into powder, add water to make a paste, and then order the water. This method of eating is more "heavy taste". The method of making tea is relatively small.

However, scented tea, of course, is more suitable for brewing.

Yunyan returned to see Chen Lin and said with a smile: "Chen Banban, I made a pot of tea, are the officials already eating tea? Bring it to him, you can also taste this."

Chen Lin completely forgot what he was going to do, sniffing the aroma, "It's so fragrant, are you making flowers or tea?"

Although it has the fragrance of jasmine, but if you ask carefully, there is also the fragrance of tea mixed in it, which combines very well. When Chen Lin was suspicious, he added jasmine, but the fragrance of the flowers lasted so long, it really puzzled him.

"Of course it's tea." Yun Yan replied and poured a cup of tea for him to see. The tea leaves in it were obviously silver needles, but it was also obviously in addition to the tea fragrance, exuding a quiet jasmine fragrance.

Chen Lin picked up the tea and sniffed carefully, a little bewildered, "What kind of tea is this, why does it smell like jasmine?"

Yunyan returned but smiled.

Chen Lin said with emotion: "It seems to be your secret recipe."

It is indeed the secret recipe, but it's not that Yun Yanhui doesn't want to say it, but it's just a bit difficult to explain.

Before, Yun Yan was thinking about the reception again, thinking about the tricks. After thinking about it, I felt that it would be better to really engage in "flowers" and simply eat flowers. In this case, even the refreshments are naturally unified in style.

It coincides with the blooming of flowers in the flower garden of Daxiangguo Temple in spring. When Yunyan Hui saw the jasmine flowers, she thought about the most widely circulated jasmine tea among the scented teas.

Yun Yanhui interviewed the tea factory in modern times and learned some relevant information. There is a method of making traditional Chinese scented tea, which is called "scenting system".

Tea has the characteristic of absorbing aroma. Taking advantage of this, mixing and drying flowers and tea will allow the aroma of flowers to penetrate into the tea, and the tea leaves will have the aroma of flowers.

The more you want the aroma of tea, the more times you need to smell it.

Like Yunyan this time, he was in a hurry and added the time for his experiment. It took four days to make these jasmine teas four times, which cost a lot of jasmine flowers. It's still a little immature, but it can be imported, and it's okay to improve it in the future.

Actually, there is also the practice of scented tea with flowers inside, but Yunyan thinks about it, and it seems that it is still very high, so he chooses scented scented tea.

If you have tea, you have to have fruit. The wisteria cake is a famous dessert in Beijing. The noodle cake is filled with wisteria flowers. The petals are sweetened with sugar, which is sweet and delicious. When you bite into the cake, the inside is beautiful Purple petal filling, beautiful and delicious.

As for Bian people's love of chrysanthemums, then chrysanthemums are indispensable. Wrap eggs with petals and fry them in a pot, which is another flavor.

There are also vegetables. I bought a lot of jasmine flowers when scenting tea, and the rest can be used to make soup with tofu. In the future, in the Ming Dynasty, it will also be a unique and elegant dish.

There are also meat dishes such as roasted shrimps with rose, scrambled eggs with acacia flowers, and sliced ​​meat with magnolia flowers. They are all seasonal flowers. When they are served on one table, it can be said that there is a taste of spring in the story of spring.

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Yun Yanhui is cooking quickly, and jasmine tea has been brought to Renzong.

The fragrance of jasmine flowers is light and pleasant, which makes people feel relaxed. Renzong could not help but look at the tea in surprise, especially when Chen Lin poured the tea, but there were no petals in it, which aroused Renzong's curiosity.

"This is what Yun Yanhui brewed?" Renzong had already had a cup of tea here, and the tea brewed in this pot was probably made by Yun Yanhui.

Chen Lin nodded, "Look, it's very clever."

Renzong opened the lid of the pot, looked inside, and there were no flowers.

How could this silver needle smell like jasmine? The floral fragrance is so persistent, as if it were originally jasmine.

Renzong knew that there must be some special trick in it, which made him curious. No matter how many, he tasted the tea first.

Most of the tea I eat on weekdays is very rich in taste. The taste of this tea is very different, and after a little taste, I feel that the floral aroma is more suitable for brewing, the taste is sweet and the tea is mellow. The tea buds stand upright, which is really interesting.

Not long after, the dishes of flowers were also served.

Renzong praised: "Drinking the morning dew of magnolia in the morning and eating the fallen flowers of autumn chrysanthemum in the evening are quite the legacy of the ancients."

Most importantly, these flower dishes not only sound elegant, they taste delicious.

Although the use of flowers in dishes has been around for a long time, the mature cooking techniques like Yun Yanhui are of course rare. Taking into account two aspects, it is simply not to be loved.

Especially in the environment of clear water and green mountains, it is even more relaxed and happy.

Renzong ate a mouthful of fried chrysanthemums, drank a mouthful of jasmine tea, and had a cool breeze blowing his face. He was very comfortable. "Call Yunyan back."

Under the summons of Chen Banban, Yun Yanhui trotted over.

Renzong looked at him with a half-smile, "tea, wine, flowers, it seems that you have thoroughly studied it."

Tea has scented tea, wine has wine, and flowers have so many flower dishes, what Renzong said seems to be right.

Yunyan replied modestly: "It's just arty, I have no culture."

Renzong choked for a moment, then laughed out loud: "I forgot that you are still eloquent, okay, tell me how this tea is made."

Renzong had a serious look on his face. The imperial court asked for tea. Since Yunyanhui can make jasmine tea, he can also make other teas. If this tea becomes popular, then the technology will be in his hands. Wouldn't that be the big tea in the imperial court, and he was drinking tea?

Fortunately, Yun Yanhui is not a person who values ​​profits. As soon as he turned his head, he thought of Renzong's intention. He did not intend to monopolize. He smiled, carefully, and explained the method of tasting tea.

Renzong silently wrote down, "Did you learn this method, or did you come up with it?"

Yun Yanhui thought for a while, and felt that Renzong wanted to make sure that this was not a unique technology. This technology is really unique nowadays, so Yun Yanhui recognized it and said euphemistically: "Well, I am the only one at present. A person would—oh, and an official, you too?"

Renzong saw that his eyes were clear, his expression was natural, and there was no displeasure at all, and he was very satisfied, "Well, I still say that, reciprocate."

Since Yunyan has come back to know his interests, Renzong doesn't mind reciprocating.

Yunyan thought back to herself, last time you reciprocated, you sent me to demolition, come back?

Of course, he didn't dare to say this, but said happily: "Ah, the official, can I walk sideways in Bianjing in the future?"

Renzong: "..."

Yunyan returned with high spirits, "I'm a little excited when I think about it. I shouldn't have to wait in line to buy things anymore." Pushing everyone in front of her away, she shouted, "I'm messing with the officials!"

The corners of Renzong's mouth twitched, "Are you just doing this?"

"The official family, the truth is..." Yun Yan said cautiously, "You can reward me with anything, but don't reward me for being an official." He doesn't want to be a civil servant at all, temporary workers are very good Now, with a high degree of freedom, there is someone covering it, and you don't have to experience the darkness in the officialdom - look at Pang Taishi, how dark it is!

Renzong snorted, "You can't do what you want, you have no culture."

Yunyan replied: "..."

——Returning to him in his own way, just now Yunyan Huicai claimed to have no culture. Renzong obviously agreed with Yun Yanhui, but it was just a joke. If he wanted to make someone an official, it would not be a problem if he had culture or not.

This is Renzong. He was rejected as an official, but he didn't get angry.

Seeing Renzong's "contempt" eyes, Yun Yanhui had to shyly say: "Yes, the officials are right..."