"Oh, this is Dahongpao? So small." Li Youran bent down and picked out a clump of tea saplings from the cardboard box. They were trimmed very short, with thin branches and only a few oval leaves on each branch.
.The leaves are not small, it should be considered a medium-leaf tea tree.
The root system of the tea tree is relatively developed, and a wet sponge was used to retain water. But after all, it has been bumpy on the road for a long time, and the overall look is a bit sluggish.
Li Youran was a little confused. Is the thunderous Dahongpao looking so inconspicuous? In his imagination, even a small tea sapling should have a thicker trunk. The one in front of him seemed not as good as the Longjing tea sapling he bought before.
What about spirit?
"Haha, don't underestimate these tea seedlings. These are the third generation of the authentic Nine Dragons Mother Tree. The real Dahongpao is a shrub-type plant with a limited size. Even the thousand-year-old mother trees in Wuyi Mountain are actually not very tall.
.It’s not the tall tree type like Yunnan Pu’er ancient tea.” Liu Senjiang explained.
Li Youran was relieved. If Chef Liu hadn't mentioned it, he had always thought that the Dahongpao mother tree with such a majestic name should be like those towering ancient trees in the park, which could not be hugged by two people.
"I heard that many tourists who traveled thousands of miles to visit Wuyi Mountain were disappointed when they saw the Kowloon Tea Tree." Chef Liu mentioned the rumors he heard from friends that the tea tree itself is not very ornamental.
"I asked a few old friends to find this. I couldn't get the second-generation ones. It was in the early 1980s. People from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences cut off the branches of the Dahongpao mother tree from Kowloon and brought them back for research.
After cutting and vegetative propagation were successful, those tea saplings were considered the second generation. Later, they were returned to the Wuyi Mountain area for planting. Then in 2006, the Wuyi Municipal Government made a decision to stop harvesting and keeping the mother tree of Jiulong Nest Dahongpao. This happened for two consecutive years.
Modern tea trees have become treasures. As far as I know, in many tea gardens with the name of Dahongpao, the female tea trees planted in them are actually not from Jiulong Nest, but rock tea from other places in Wuyi Mountain. The local government is for economic interests.
, and also relaxed the conditions for Dahongpao tea." Liu Senjiang continued to introduce the origin of this batch of tea saplings.
"It's really complicated. Master Liu, as far as you know, how different is the asexually reproduced tree from the mother tree?" Li Youran felt a little dizzy, so he asked the question that concerned him the most.
"This is a question for me. I am not an expert in this field. I have never tasted the Dahongpao tea tree produced from the original mother tree. It is not as good as Lao Chen. But I just heard from others that the asexually propagated Dahongpao tea tree retains the traits of the female parent.
It's still very complete and very stable." Liu Senjiang shook his head and said.
Not to mention complete, as long as most of the traits of the second and third generation seedlings can be retained. However, according to common sense, the reason why the few Kowloon Nest Dahongpao mother trees are talked about by people should be due to the unique growth environment in which they live.
The pollution-free and protected famous mountain cliffs, the spring water containing various minerals seeping out from the rock crevices, the appropriate air humidity, and many factors combine to nourish the top-quality Dahongpao tea, or in layman's terms, the ancient trees are perennial
Absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it is naturally extraordinary. As for the later transplanted tea trees, the growth environment will be much worse. This should be the biggest factor causing the difference in tea quality. Li Youran thought in his mind.
"Master Liu, thank you. How much did it cost to buy these saplings? You go to the finance department and ask for a form to fill in. I will reimburse you after I sign it." He said to Chef Liu.
"Hey, this is a third-generation seedling. In fact, it's not expensive. The reimbursement is waived. When the time comes, I will be satisfied with good tea for me, Liu, to drink from time to time. I'm really looking forward to this tea-flavored rock rhyme.
." Chef Liu waved his hand and declined Boss Li's proposal.
For people like him who work full-time in the kitchen, they are smoky all day long and passively inhale a lot of harmful substances. Later, I found that my body felt very comfortable after drinking some tea, which could eliminate the smoke and dryness in the body.
After a lot of time, I slowly developed a habit.
Moreover, people's tastes are getting better as they grow older. Ever since he tasted the Cuifeng green tea made by Lao Chen, it has become much worse when he drinks other things. So this time, he was very concerned about Dahongpao and was very concerned about it.
I look forward to seeing what miracles will happen when the Dahongpao tea saplings are in the hands of experts who cultivate Cuifeng?
"Haha, in that case, I won't be polite. By the way, Master Liu, I have something here. You can take it back to Lao Chen by the way." Li Youran said with a smile.
He turned around and came to the back of the sofa, which was Chef Liu's visual blind spot. He bent down and made a gesture to pick up something, and took out a basket of fresh Cuifeng leaves from the space. This was picked the day before yesterday and had not been processed yet.
"My friend just sent me Cuifeng fresh leaves this morning. Please hurry up and let Lao Chen make tea." Li Youran handed the bamboo basket to Liu Senjiang.
"What a beautiful green tea, deep blue and green, with lingering fragrance. Okay, I'll go find him right away, even if I want to be lazy." Liu Senjiang looked at the fresh leaves in the basket, with a happy face, and couldn't help but praise a few words.
There is new tea to drink next.
He handed the bamboo basket to the waiter, then said goodbye to Boss Li and went out.
Haha, Chef Liu is also a sweetheart. Li Youran smiled and shook his head, then cleaned up the two cardboard boxes on the ground, disinfected the tea saplings, and put them all into the space. The remaining empty boxes were thrown outside the office door.
, someone will naturally come to clean it up by then.
Dahongpao belongs to the oolong tea category of green tea. It is a semi-fermented variety. The taste style is very different from Cuifeng's green tea. Like Chef Liu, he is really looking forward to this high-end tea that is only known by its name.
Hope.
It’s not too late to plant the tea trees as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Li Youran said hello to Director Gu of the finance room, then went back to the bedroom, locked the door and entered the space.
In Space No. 3 plot, fruit tree saplings have been transplanted some time ago, freeing up a lot of space. Later, Cuifeng tea seedlings were cut and occupied part of it. The original ginseng seedlings also occupied a part, and now the total is probably still occupied.
It looks like there are four quarters of land left.
In fact, the two cardboard boxes looked quite big, and there were only dozens of Dahongpao plants in them.
He soaked the new tea seedlings in the stream, and then spent more than an hour planting them into the predetermined positions one by one. He asked Ang Ang to water them.
In the remaining free space of plot No. 3, after the tea trees have grown up for a while, if there are no problems, you can continue to propagate by cuttings.
The yield of tea is usually relatively low. Even if the factor of spatial growth acceleration is added, the planting area of less than one acre of land will not actually produce much. There are many people around who like to drink tea, so seven to eight will be given away.
There are only a few taels left. Commercialization, such as supplying private restaurants, is out of the question. It seems that for the time being, it can only be used as an object to communicate feelings.
Transplant it after successful cultivation? Thinking of this, Li Youran shook his head again.
The environmental requirements of tea trees are far greater than those of Chinese cabbage, radish and the like. The gap between Dahongpao mother trees and batch production from various tea gardens in Wuyi Mountain is an example. It is understood that even many mid-range tea raw materials on the market are produced without industrial pollution.
, cultivated in the southern mountainous areas with a mild climate, and even if there are some in the northern plains, they don't seem to be famous.
In view of this, if you plant it outside, even if you water it with water from the space stream as usual, it may not be able to meet the high-grade standards. What's more, Chinese cabbage and radish are mainly used to make steamed bun fillings, facing ordinary consumers, while tea
But he is only interested in the best quality goods.