Chapter 555: Chapter 555
After circling around to the ideal stone, Han Qiwu firmly secured the long rope to the stone and tugged it hard.
The goods from the little peddler were indeed top-notch. The rope was very sturdy and felt great to the touch.
Han Qiwu changed into thousand-layer-bottom shoes, reached out to sense the wind direction and speed, adjusted his direction, and carefully jumped down.
After leveling up his fishing skills twice, he could clearly feel a more detailed feedback from everything around him. For instance, now he knew the posture that would suit him best with just a reach of his hand.
It’s like becoming more integrated into this world.
Grasping the rope, Han Qiwu lowered himself to a position parallel to the Yunnan red tea tree, planted his feet against the nearby rock face, and kicked hard.
With the added strength of his thousand-layer-bottom shoes, he swung more than thirty meters out and reached out to grab a branch of the Yunnan red tea tree.
After stabilizing his body, he retrieved the rope and carefully crawled along the small branch to the nearby trunk.
Sweating profusely, Han Qiwu took out some water and took a big gulp.
After resting for a while, he turned to look at the Yunnan red tea tree beside him.
This Yunnan red tea tree belongs to wild tea trees, it’s an arbor with round and full leaves. Some traces of wind and frost remain on it, not too many tender buds, with hues ranging from light green to verdant. Like the Bamboo Leaf Green, only some of its tender buds have a system glow, and the picking requirements are also one bud with one leaf.
After planning the picking sequence briefly, Han Qiwu straddled the tea tree trunk and started picking.
After picking over ten buds, the attributes of the Yunnan red tea leaves gradually emerged.
[Wild Old Tree Yunnan Red Tea]
[Special Effect - Flavor Infusion: Wild Yunnan Red brews for a long time without losing its flavor, it lasts long]
[Note: Carefully taste it!]
Glancing at the attributes, Han Qiwu was quite satisfied. The specific taste would be known after he goes home and processes it with his tea leaf roasting machine.
Two hours later, Han Qiwu looked regretfully at his nearly worn-out jeans.
Tree climbing really takes a toll on pants.
If only I could make pants myself someday.
Although the silkworms in the cocoon room are about to start spinning, silk can’t be used to make pants.
Checking his storage compartment, as luck would have it, this tea tree was large enough, allowing him to gather more than fifty batches of wild Yunnan red tea in two hours, each batch containing over ten buds, enough for a day’s supply.
"Teleportation Scrolls are just too convenient." Han Qiwu happily tore open the scroll.
In a flash, he was home.
Once home, he walked to the tea leaf roasting machine and placed five batches of wild Yunnan red tea inside.
Unlike Bamboo Leaf Green, Yunnan red tea requires a much longer roasting time, taking half an hour to complete.
During this time, he took a shower and changed clothes.
Half an hour later, Han Qiwu eagerly opened the cabinet door of the tea leaf roasting machine.
As soon as it was opened, the rich aroma of red tea enveloped Han Qiwu.
"So fragrant." Han Qiwu reached out to take the Yunnan red tea inside. It was not much, probably only about one or two ounces.
Unlike Bamboo Leaf Green, Yunnan red tea’s strands are tight and firm, with a deep black, glossy color, plump and full buds, with few fine hairs.
[Exquisite Old Tree Yunnan Red (Golden Star Quality⭐)]
[Special Effect - Flavor Infusion: Wild Yunnan Red brews for a long time without losing its flavor, it lasts long]
[Note: Back to Basics]
It’s an exquisite Yunnan Red!
Come to think of it, without the map, Han Qiwu wouldn’t have found that isolated peak, let alone pick Yunnan red tea from it!
He put away the tea leaves, filled the tea leaf roasting machine with five more batches of Yunnan red tea, and turned around to think about what to use to brew the tea.
"What a mistake, didn’t even leave myself a purple clay teapot."
Might as well use a large porcelain bowl.
Although the container isn’t great, Han Qiwu’s water is excellent.
To taste some good tea, he added five drops of spring water to the pot of water.
Added more than half a portion of tea leaves, then poured some hot spring water over it.
The aroma was instantly unleashed.
Ridiculously fragrant!
The first brew was poured out after just a second.
This is rinsing the tea.
For the second brew, Han Qiwu only used hot spring water for two seconds before pouring the tea into another large porcelain bowl.
Red tea has a dense flavor, so it needs to be brewed quickly, with the time for steeping gradually increasing after the fourth or fifth brew.
If brewed for too long, the quality of the tea would deteriorate.
Han Qiwu picked up the large porcelain bowl, gave it a gentle blow, and took a careful sip.
The brewed tea had a bright red color, rich and full taste, with a bitterness that turned into sweetness, and both during and after tasting there was a strong floral and fruity aroma, especially unique.
Since there was nothing else to do now, Han Qiwu leaned back in his chair, enjoying cup after cup, as the floral and fruity aromas faded in the later brews, the returning sweetness became more prominent.
After thoroughly enjoying it, he scooped out the tea leaves, placed them in a milk pan, and stir-fried them over low heat until slightly charred before sprinkling a suitable amount of cane sugar. After stirring for a while longer, he added buffalo milk.
Normally, you would directly use tea leaves to make it, but Han Qiwu, in the spirit of not wasting anything, decided to try it this way.
After blowing on it, he picked up the milk tea and took a sip.
The aroma of the tea leaves and caramel perfectly blended into the buffalo milk, enhancing the already aromatic and rich buffalo milk to a whole new level!
Mr. Tang would definitely love it.
After finishing this large cup of milk tea, Han Qiwu wasn’t hungry anymore.
Thinking about stolon propagation, he planned to visit Niu Gang to see if there was any suitable land nearby.
Riding his electric bike, he headed straight for Niu Gang’s office in the town government building.
Upon knocking and entering, Niu Gang asked cautiously, "Xiao Han, you know there’s no turning back now, right? It’s been so long; no returns or exchanges without reason."
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Standing up, Han Qiwu took Niu Gang’s cup and, while pouring out the tea inside, said, "It’s not about that, Mayor. My experimental field area is a bit small; could you help me find another mu of land?"
"Another mu of land? We can’t just arbitrarily approve land here, you know." Niu Gang, not sure what Han Qiwu’s intentions were, played coy while watching him handle the cup.
Han Qiwu, unhurried, took out the remaining half of the old tree Yunnan Red, put it in, quickly washed it, and brewed two small cups of tea soup.
"Mayor, have a taste of this tea."
Niu Gang curiously picked up the teacup, took a sip, and his eyes instantly lit up.
This tea is outstanding!
Though he frequently drank tea, he had never tasted red tea of such high quality before.
"This tea wasn’t easy to get; there are only a little over three taels in total." Han Qiwu said with a cheerful smile.
"Share two taels with me, my son’s piece of land, one mu and an acre, is right next to yours, go ahead and use it for planting." Niu Gang’s eyes gleamed, and he quickly reached out to agree.
"Deal." Han Qiwu nodded cheerfully.