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"Cun Gu Chen"
has a tea buddy who came to "complain".
complain about our family's Yan Souchong.
said in an aggrieved tone that this is the worst black tea I have ever drunk.
In addition, I also used other black teas as a contrast, saying that the soot has only a smell of smoke, which is not as good as Dianhong Qihong.
Just looking at the description of the tea friend, those who don't know much about tea will probably be overwhelmed and agree with the tea friend's point of view, thinking that it is indeed Yan Souchong.
Some people even believe that Yan Souchong tea is not as good as Dianhong Qihong.
However, I saw a different meaning from the messages of tea friends.
The tea friends did not compare this tobacco seedling with other tobacco seedlings, but compared it with the Dianhong Qihong, which has different craftsmanship and different styles.
It can be seen that tea lovers have not drunk Yan Souchong elsewhere, otherwise, according to common sense, it must be Yan Souchong and Yan Souchong to compare-the analogy of similar talents.
is like going to visit a neighbor’s child, attending high school, and asking about his grades, he will definitely not compare the grades of the primary school students with him. It must be another child he knows who is also going to high school. Contrast.
This is the standard of the general public.
For tea lovers who have never drunk Yan Souchong for the first time, they feel that they are not as good as the Dianhong Qihong that they are used to drinking. This is also very normal.
The unfamiliar environment is naturally not as secure as the familiar site.
After all,Trying new flavors is also risky.
has a half probability and will dislike it.
See you, celebrities are generally unwilling to make drastic adjustments to their hairstyles, just because they are afraid that fans will not be used to changes-mathematically speaking, there is a half chance that they will dislike it.
《2》
Actually, the quality of the cigarettes cannot be compared with Dianhong Qihong.
Although they are all black tea.
Let me give you an example, everyone will understand.
For example, every spring, we have to eat the same delicacy-bamboo shoots.
Shanghai people eat fresh bamboo shoots , there is a dish called pickled fresh bamboo shoots . It uses fresh bamboo shoots to cut into pieces, and stews the soup with fresh meat and bacon.
The finished vegetable soup is clear and clean, the bamboo shoots are delicious and the soup is delicious.
has a unique tenderness of spring.
And Wuyishan People eat fresh bamboo shoots instead of stewing soup, but stir fry.
Slice pork belly, add garlic, add fresh red pepper, and stir-fry with fresh bamboo shoots.
The fried fresh bamboo shoots are still fragrant, crisp and sweet.
A sense of Shanzhen envelops the dining table.
Look, the same is fresh bamboo shoots, but different regions have different ways to eat them.
Some tea lovers like to eat pickled fresh but not fried bamboo shoots. There are also some tea lovers who like fried pork with bamboo shoots rather than stew with bamboo shoots.
So, for those who like to marinate fresh meat, can they think that "the practice of this dish" is bad? Of course not. vice versa.
We can only objectively describe it as "I personally don't like this taste", but we cannot say that this kind of dish is not good.
Bamboo shoots fried pork has existed for hundreds of years,There must be fans of it, and there must be a meaning of its existence.
Eating is the same as drinking tea. The taste varies from person to person.
Tea friends don't like the taste of Yan Souchong, but they just don't like the taste of Yan Souchong from a personal point of view.
Tobacco Souchong has its own craftsmanship, and Dianhong Qihong has its own craftsmanship.
process is different, naturally, horizontal comparison is not possible.
In the final analysis, Yanyan soot is good, but Dianhong Qihong has their beauty.
is the leader.
《3》
The history of black tea is not as good as white tea and green tea.
Its rise, but hundreds of years.
However, because the taste of black tea was liked by the people in Fanbang, in the era of wars and chaos, when other teas were declining, it floated across the ocean, like an invisible flag, flying high in the sun never set empire. The sky above.
That is God's favor, letting the Chinese use another way to be proud of the world.
Reading the history carefully, the first Chinese pride that crossed the ocean is Yan Soochong, the black tea from tongmuguan .
At that time, other domestic black teas, the ones that everyone is familiar with today, are still in decline, and there is no reputation that can compete with Tongmu black tea.
These tobacco seedlings were transported down from Tongmu Village in Xiongguan Road, and then traveled through the long sea route to a foreign country. They were first liked by the nobles and then gradually beloved by the civilian class.
At first, Fanren used Yansoochong to boil water, then poured out the tea, mixed in pepper, , cumin, , salt and other condiments, and only ate the leaves. (See Qian Zhongshu " siege ")
,Place pots and cups, and then serve with cakes and snacks, which became the necessities of the upper class nobles.
Nobody does not have a few packets of souchong black tea , so I am embarrassed to say that I am a nobleman.
This status is the same as everyone in the Song Dynasty drink some tea and tea cake, even Su Shi and other literary youths who drink g a cake of Miyun dragon, still like a treasure, write the first words and send Show off your friends.
Later, the demand for black tea in Panbang was too large, and the output of paulownia black tea was far from satisfying their needs. Therefore, the paulownia tea trees were transported in large quantities and shipped to India and then to Sri Lanka for large-scale planting. .
They learned the craftsmanship of Souchong black tea, and started planting and processing black tea by themselves.
The rise of large-scale industrial production and the huge difference in products from the Tongmu area have allowed Fanren to improve the processing of Souchong black tea.
They don't have masson pine, they can't smoke race , and can't make tobacco races, so they gave up the process of smoking that runs through the traditional Souchong black tea processing process.
Even, because the temperature in India is far from that of Paulownia, they have improved the degree of fermentation of black tea and lowered it.
This is the taste of Sri Lankan black tea that everyone is drinking now-without the smell of smoke, the fragrance of longan is weak, and the fragrance of flowers is very deep.
Later, this black tea technology was promoted all over the world.
was sent back to China.
Because of these improved techniques, it is more suitable for the processing and planting of black tea in the whole country and even the whole world. For hundreds of years, they have been opened and scattered, and they have been cited as classics.
is a tobacco soot craft that is extremely dependent on the climate and properties of paulownia. This kind of craft was originally a traditional craft and gradually lost its way.
《4》
smoke seed,It is indeed a tea that most people can't drink.
Its taste is controversial.
is like durian, like stinky tofu, people who like it, they like it. People who don't like are disgusted by themselves.
However, regardless of the praises and criticisms of the world, Yan Soochong is the jewel of the black tea world, that’s for sure.
Compared with Dianhong Qihong, the process of Yan Souchong is the most troublesome.
It needs masson pine.
This kind of plant, Wuyi Mountains has, other places, very few. If you want to find it, the price will be high, which will increase the cost, so it is abandoned.
The tea green of Souchong Tobacco has been accompanied by the smoke of Masson pine ever since it was collected.
For three or four days, the smoke from the brothel kept on, and the inside of the leaves of Yan Souchong was full of the smoke of Masson pine. When fermenting is carried out, the fruity aroma is mixed with this unique smoke.
The unique taste of smoked persimmon is produced.
That really smells great.
Village girl Chen always feels that he has gone through the smoke and dust of history every time he drank it, and returned to one or two hundred years ago.
At that time, when we went to the Olympics, we were sitting on the bench. But our tea can be a tribute to the royal family and enter the house.
In this sense, Yan Souchong won a ray of light for the Chinese in that gloomy era.
said Yan Souchong is a national hero, this hat is too big.
Win glory for the country.
This is for sure.
So, I took a sip of Yan Soochong's tea.
"5"
Time-shifting principles.
After the vicissitudes of life, Chinese tea is once again exported overseas.This time, it was not looted, we took the initiative to go, we were invited to go.
Yan Souchong, finally exuberant.
Whenever I sit and drink tea in the mountain village of paulownia, in the fragrance of longan soup nectar, or even in the fragrance of smoke, is always blurred.
This mountain has witnessed that heavy history.
With this experience, Yan Soochong’s tea soup has since condensed the triumph from troubled times to flourishing times.
Pick up a cup of Cigarette Souchong, in these quiet years, respect the past.
The declining soot craftsmanship will eventually come back, just like China's re-emergence in the world.
There will be more and more tea lovers who like the unique taste of Yanyan Soochong, not those improved black teas.
It represents the perseverance of the Chinese from weak to strong.
Like the closed building at Tongmuguan, the wall stands tall and does not fall majestically.
【Postscript】
originally wanted to write the craft characteristics of Yan Souchong.
Unexpectedly, he wrote history as soon as he took the pen. Only blame the history books for reading too much and pedantic.
Regarding the craftsmanship and inheritance of Yan Souchong, I can only open another article to write about it.
The rank judges will forgive.
-Village girl Chen Kows the first
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Xiao Chen Tea Affairs Village Girl Chen, columnist, chief writer of the original innovative media "Xiao Chen Tea Affairs" in the tea industry, has published the white tea monograph "White Tea Tasting Notes", and has written more than 4,000 articles from 2016 to 2020. Original article.
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