source: the Ji'nan times author Wang Feng
old Ji'nan big bowl tea has become one of the features of the spring city < br />
Tea Expo, the staff made tea on the spot.
the sculpture in front of Furong street, "the old remnants of the music", shows the wonderful scene of the heroine's listening to the tea.
a leisurely tea, a hundred flavors of life. From August 31st to September 1st this year, the first Ji'nan Spring Festival Tea Expo will be set up in the Confucious'Temple of Ji'nan. Green tea, black tea, yellow tea, black tea, white tea, green tea and other six kinds of famous tea products will be made out together. The tea is six color, and it is sweet for thousands of comments. Old tea drinkers in Ji'nan have long been unable to restrain themselves. They want to talk about the tea in the Expo, and talk about the past events related to tea in old Ji'nan.
processing special class of tea will take two months
60 years ago in Shandong Ji'nan, no matter the poor and rich, old Jinan people always love to make a pot of tea at home, chat with the neighbourhood tea, talk and laugh. Zhao Kezheng, the old tea guest, is the head of the former Ji'nan tea processing plant. In his memory, Ji'nan is the capital of Shandong. Although there are only hundreds of thousands of people at that time, the annual sales of tea can reach tens of thousands of loads (100 Jin per load), and it is also an important distributing center of tea sales in North China. "Before and after the liberation of Ji'nan, I often run errands for adults, while buying tea from a big tea house near the school. At that time, there were many kinds of tea and the price was not high. Ordinary people bought it according to the "two" or "kettle". I often buy a pot of jasmine tea, which only needs five hundred, which is equivalent to 5 cents now. Mr. Zhao remembers.
Jinan people love tea, and jasmine tea is their favorite. In the 50s of last century, Ji'nan tea processing factory bought jasmine flower from Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu and other places to make scented tea. Before the scented flowers, the workers should prepare the tea billet in advance.
at eight or nine o'clock in the well ventilated evening, the flowers bloomed slightly. The workers spread the tea billet on the clean board, sprinkled jasmine on the tea billet evenly, the tea billets and jasmine flowers were fully piled up, and then a layer of cloth was covered to prevent the volatilization of the flowers. "At two or three in the middle of the night, the workers stretched out their hands into the tea pile to test the temperature. Because these flowers absorb moisture from the tea leaves, the temperature will rise, and the flowers will easily die. The so-called "scented flower is like fire fighting". If you are hot, you need to ventilate in time or cool down with an electric fan. This process is through flowers.
Mr. Zhao recalled that the workers used the sieve to filter out the bad petals and used the dryer to dry the tea leaves before completing the inspection. Generally speaking, the higher the level of tea, the more it needs repeated scenting. Super grade scented tea often needs more than five scrolls, and it takes about two months to make.
the tongue of the reviewer determines the price of tea
in the planned economy age, the price of tea is not determined by the market supply and demand, but by the experienced reviewer and negotiated through the taste of the tongue. In the process, they do not know the price transferred by the state, and the tea price determined is whether they should earn money or not.
the principle of tea evaluation given by the state was sixteen words: "commentary on tea, quality price, good tea price, second tea price". There are four major posts in the tea review room, namely, appraisal, price, production, processing and acceptance. Among them, the price is confidential for the price of tea transferred, not only for cost accounting, but also for the quality of the judges. Under the planned economy, prices are relatively sensitive. Tea belongs to the two category of planned goods in the country. Shandong is also a big province of tea consumption, and the price of tea is particularly serious. "In the air clean appraisal room, people entering the appraisal room are not allowed to apply Rouge perfume. The lighting condition of the evaluation room is the best, and the evaluation desk is located in the north. When the bell rang, the five or six judges began a tea fight. According to Zhao Lao, the reviewers also tasted the national standard tea sample, the provincial standard tea sample and the tea factory's reference tea sample, from the shape of the tea, the color, the aroma, the taste and the bottom of the tea, and compared the tea price with the 3 kinds of tea samples used as reference.
sometimes there was a disagreement among the reviewers. "The aroma of the new tea is better than the national standard." "There is something wrong with the liquid residue of the new tea, which is not higher than the price of the national standard tea." After several rounds of "war", another judge shouted, "all of them are poured away, and the tea is drunk again." Mr. Zhao, who had been a reviewer, recalled that if a few reviewers were still unable to agree on the final opinion, they would ask the experts from the tobacco and wine company to check the customs.
in addition to the tea price in the review room, the reviewers also have tea in the processing of scenting flowers, whether there are "bad flowers", and the reviewers have a taste of it. If a "bad flower" is produced in the newly purchased field tea, the reviewer will immediately return it to the field tea factory by telegram, so as to change or negotiate the price in time.
the earliest tea tree
in Liubu Ji'nan / > 1958, our country entered the difficult period, Shandong tea supply is also reduced from 100 thousand to 36 thousand per year, it is difficult to meet the needs of Shandong people to drink tea. In the same year, the Provincial Department of Commerce and other relevant departments put forward the idea of "south tea in the north".
tea tree is suitable for the high mountain of air quality, which requires low acid soil and abundant precipitation, and the vast majority of the geographical location in Shandong is difficult to meet the requirements. After repeated experiments, the staff found that any suitable soil for Masson pine growth can basically grow tea plants.
because of climate reasons, it is another difficult problem to select suitable varieties of tea grown in Shandong. "In winter, it is distressed to see that a large number of tea trees that are hard boiled have been frozen to death." The staff introduced tea varieties in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu, Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places, and compared the adaptability. After many tests and screening, the varieties of Shexian in Anhui were selected.
to the early 70s of last century, Shandong has formed three big tea areas in Jiaodong Peninsula, Rizhao coastal area and Taiyi mountain area. Liu Bu Town, located in the southern mountain area of Ji'nan, is part of the Taiyi mountain area. "The conditions of the soil and water in the town of Liu Bu are suitable for the growth of bamboo forests, similar to the growing environment of the tea trees, and in the mountain areas, the air is clean, and it becomes the only tea area in Ji'nan." Mr. Zhao is introducing him.
yellow tea has made Shandong people "addicted"
today, the folk "Shandong people only drink tea, can not drink green tea, a drink to pull the stomach", this is really false? Some old tea guests have been shaking their heads.
before the 80s of the last century, tea and green tea were mainly sold in the north of the Yangtze River due to their different tea drinking habits and living environment. The two main categories were tea and green tea. In Shandong, tea accounts for more than 80%, about 20% of which are green tea and other kinds of tea. Among them, Ji'nan Hui people also love to drink a kind of green tea called "fresh fresh". This is a kind of sharp tea produced in the south of Anhui Province. In May and June, it can appear on the market of Ji'nan, and the new tea green soup is endless. In addition, Yanzhou coal mining area, Zaozhuang city and Southwest Shandong Province especially like to drink green tea. When the state transfers green tea, it also needs to give Yanzhou and other places part of it.
, in addition, there is a special kind of tea sold in Shandong popular with the people, this is the big leaves, stalks long, strong old fire fragrance (commonly known as the fragrant) yellow tea. Yellow tea is a kind of yellow tea, mainly produced in the Dabie Mountains of Anhui, such as Lu'an County, Mount Holyoke County, Jinzhai county and so on. The tea is described in the local image as "the pole can support the boat and the leaves can contain salt." Mr. Zhao Kezheng said that 80% of the yellow tea produced in these areas were allocated to Shandong and the remaining 20% were sold to Shanxi. In the 60s and 70s of last century, some tea houses in Beijing put out the tea samples of big yellow tea. It also needed to refer to the pricing of the Shandong region. It was obvious that the people of Shandong had a unique "love for the yellow tea".
specifically, Shandong people who love Huang Da tea are mainly distributed in Qingzhou and Linqu in Weifang, Yishui in Linyi, Pingyi, Feixian County and other places, Jiyang in northern Ji'nan, Linyi County, Jining, Laiwu, and so on. Local people have "three days can have no rice, not a day without (yellow) big tea", the tea drinking habits in these areas have continued to this day.
"in the summer, the yellow tea baked by charcoal in the summer has a fire, some people are addicted to tea, and the tea is like a sick one, and the body will be uncomfortable." The old tea guest, Jin Jin Dao. In addition, Huang Da Cha is cheap and cheap, and the best tea quality is only 2.5 yuan to 3 yuan a Jin, which is more popular with the general public.
Sihanouk to fly to Hangzhou to take 2 Jin Longjing
in the planned economy period, following the principle of "guarantee the export, guarantee the big city", the state allocated only more than 90 Jin of Longjing tea to Ji'nan every year. In the early 70s of last century, when Prince Sihanouk came to Ji'nan, there was also a history of tea picking in West Lake. When
Prince Sihanouk came to Ji'nan, there was no West Lake Longjing in Ji'nan. Li Jinglian, the business clerk of the provincial and commercial office, was responsible for the reception. After writing a letter of introduction, reporting to the Provincial Committee, and approving a series of complex procedures, such as the commercial hall, the company was finally approved to travel to Hangzhou to take Longjing tea. After getting 2 catties of Longjing tea, he flew back on the same day and let Sihanouk taste it. Longjing tea is rare and valuable in the year.
Sihanouk took the train from Beijing to Ji'nan in the same year. After getting off from JiNan Railway Station, he went to the Nan Jiao Hotel where he stayed. The streets along both sides of the road were already surrounded by crowds, and everyone cheered and warmly welcomed the distinguished guests from afar.
"because the road near the Grand View Garden was very narrow, in order to meet Sihanouk, the old houses on both sides of the road were painted new." Sihanouk, an old man who once attended the meeting, recalled that he had stayed in Ji'nan for 5 days. Because of his belief in Buddhism, he went to the four gate tower to worship Buddha, and also visited places such as Daming Lake and Baotu Spring.