Chapter 489 (1/2)

Chapter 489: Buying Tea

There came the sound of the boiling water, “Puff Puff Puff.” The water in the pottery urn that Yuan Zhou had placed on the red clay stove started to boil.

“Tea making is especially particular with the temperature of the cups,” said Yuan Zhou while taking the pottery urn off.

“Um.” Mu Xiaoyun liked learning things beside Yuan Zhou very much. She stared at Yuan Zhou’s hands without even blinking.

“Hua La”. With the slight sound of flowing water, Yuan Zhou rinsed and washed all the glass teaware. Of course, he also didn’t forget to wash the set of the precious Eggshell-Thin Delicate Porcelain Cups.

When the water was poured, it emitted a little water vapor, which smelled slightly fragrant and pleasant.

“Boss Yuan feels like so professional when he’s making tea.” Mu Xiaoyun thought proudly in the heart.

It was also the first time that Mu Xiaoyun had seen Yuan Zhou make tea. She never thought Yuan Zhou could make tea. After all, when she was working here, the grandpa once got greatly infuriated due to the Keemun Black Tea being used to boil the Tea Eggs.

At that time, the grandpa pointed to Yuan Zhou’s nose and scolded him, “You brat, you are recklessly wasting God’s good gifts. You don’t know anything about tea.”

“It turns out that Boss Yuan knows everything.” Mu Xiaoyun looked at the earnest man and thought inwardly.

Yuan Zhou was warming the cups meticulously with the top-quality bamboo water, which was most suitable to make tea.

Lu Yu once said in Book of Tea, “Of the water used to make tea, the mountain spring water is superior, the river water is of medium-quality and the well water inferior.”

In Tang Dynasty, Zhang Youxin regarded the water from Kangwang Valley of Lushan Mountain to be the first, the spring from Huishan Mountain in Wuxi the second and the stone water of Lan stream in Jizhou the third in his work Report On Water For Brewing Tea.

The bamboo water was originated in the Song Dynasty, when tea competition was quite popular among the nobles and refined scholars.

Therefore, for the tea to be the best, the teaware must be the top-quality as well as the water used to make tea. Only in that way could they make the best tea.

“Hua La.” Yuan Zhou poured all the remaining water after the cups were warmed.

“Boss Yuan, why did you pour all the water?” Mu Xiaoyun tilted her head and looked at Yuan Zhou with puzzlement.

“Because the water has just been boiled up to the extent of producing big bubbles and the oxygen no longer exists in such water. Therefore, the tea won’t be satisfactory.” Yuan Zhou was quite patient with the little girl who didn’t work here anymore and explained carefully to her.

“Oh, oh.” Mu Xiaoyun nodded her head continuously, but she didn’t really understand him.

After all, she didn’t know how to make tea at all. All the puzzling explanatory words didn’t actually affect Mu Xiaoyun feeling that Yuan Zhou was so awesome.

After that, Yuan Zhou filled the pottery urn with the fresh bamboo water and placed it over the charcoal fire again and then started to boil the water.

This time, Yuan Zhou looked carefully at the fire. When the water began to boil and produced small bubbles, he immediately took the pottery urn off the red clay stove and started to make tea.

“Hua Hua”. Yuan Zhou poured the water into the glass cup, which was of the established brand, Fuguang, and made specifically for making tea. The transmittance and transparency were far beyond imagination.

Once the water was poured in, the Pre-Ching Ming Longjing Tea floated up first and then went down slowly. During the process of going down, it danced and sank to the bottom slowly like a charming and soft beauty.

It was graceful and charming and meanwhile emitting a delicate fragrance gently. With the tea leaves stretching slowly in the cup, they floated up and down as the water turned green. The fragrance was also becoming stronger.

Even before drinking, it had made the people who liked drinking tea intoxicated. After all, it was the Pre-Ching Ming Tea, more specifically, the Pre-Ching Ming Longjing Tribute Tea harvested from the 18 tea plants.

“It looks so beautiful.” Mu Xiaoyun looked at the beautiful green leaves in the cup and said.

“It’s indeed too beautiful to be absorbed all at once.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head seriously.

After they appreciated silently for a while, Yuan Zhou said again.

“Alright. Time to drink now.” Yuan Zhou said.

“Um, um.” Mu Xiaoyun carried up the cup in front of her obediently and waited for Yuan Zhou to pour the tea.