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The two came to the first floor of the newly opened teahouse.
The space here is very large, several times larger than a beverage shop. It is elegantly decorated and located under a tea garden. You can smell the faint tea fragrance drifting in the wind, and the scenery is beautiful.
There were quite a few tourists buying snacks, but because the shop had just opened, there wasn't a lot of people. Yao Bing and his companion entered the hall without queuing and went to the counter to place their orders.
The area is large, the counter is also large, and tea and snacks are separated, with their own cashier.
The two of them planned to buy a grilled sausage first, and then order a cup of Bamboo Fragrance Oolong, as they had been thinking about this drink since just now.
There are not as many drinks here as at the entrance, only a few signature ones.
But most people like these models, so many people scan the QR code to place an order.
Tan Shuangshuang quickly ordered two medium-sized Bamboo Fragrance Oolong cups. She saw that there were 8 people queuing in front of her for 13 cups, so it seemed that she would have to wait at least 10 minutes.
So while waiting, the two of them browsed the snacks nearby.
There are a wide variety of snacks here. The names of the snacks are engraved on the wooden signs hanging from the windows: grilled sausage, corn, steamed buns, crystal shrimp dumplings, willow leaf steamed dumplings, several Jiangnan specialty noodle soups, and eight kinds of toppings...
Although there are many varieties, they are actually some snacks that are easy to make, such as steamed dim sum, which can be steamed in a pot after being made; the noodles are all scooped out and put into a bowl, but the final toppings are different.
Convenient and fast, and sufficient to meet the needs of customers.
In addition, there is a special snack - blanched spring bamboo shoots.
"Boiled Spring Bamboo Shoots." Yao Bing looked at the red font on the sign and the thumbs-up mark next to it, and knew that this was the main snack.
But blanching is the simplest cooking method, will it have any flavor?
Because the taste of bamboo shoots is relatively light, they are usually stir-fried with meat to allow the meat flavor to infiltrate the bamboo shoots. The most common dishes include stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat, shredded bamboo shoots with red oil, and braised spring bamboo shoots.
The taste is good, but a bit greasy.
Yao Bing doesn't like it very much, and as a result, he is not very fond of bamboo shoots.
I only ate it once or twice this year when it was first released in March, and haven't eaten it since then.
Spring bamboo shoots are usually harvested and put on the market in March and April. Beverage shops also have a dish of cold-mixed spring bamboo shoots in their snack sets, but the snack sets change frequently. The bamboo forest grows so well that there are still a lot of fresh spring bamboo shoots that have not been eaten.
Ye Han was worried that it would be wasted if the season was missed, so he simply made it the main snack and let tourists try it before summer comes.
The employees love this dish very much, and when they occasionally cook for themselves, they always serve a large plate of it.
Because the bamboo in Huajianji is special, the spring bamboo shoots grown here are very tender and fresh, completely different from those eaten in other places. They do not require too many seasonings, and the original taste of the ingredients alone is enough to make everyone scramble for them, and they are eaten up in just a few minutes.
Tan Shuangshuang also saw a color different from other brands, blanched spring bamboo shoots, 20 yuan.
Spring bamboo shoots are expensive ingredients to begin with, and this price is definitely cheap in a tourist area.
Generally speaking, restaurants in scenic spots are 20% to 30% more expensive than those outside due to higher rents. A simple bowl of noodles will cost you 30 to 40 yuan.
Therefore, many tourists, especially those who are sensitive to prices, will not dine in scenic spots.
The prices at Huajianji are normal, with a bowl of noodles costing around 20 yuan and a grilled sausage costing 6 yuan, which is at the same level as prices outside, making it more convenient for tourists.
Don’t worry if you’re hungry, just eat here.
"Shall we order one to try?" Tan Shuangshuang said, "It's the main dish, and the price is not expensive."
Yao Bing: "Okay."
Although she doesn't like bamboo shoots, it won't be a big waste if two people order one plate. At most, there will be a few slices left at the end.
Other tourists also ordered this recommended snack, wanting to try what it tasted like.
So the two of them ordered two grilled sausages, a portion of fresh meat dumplings, and a plate of blanched spring bamboo shoots. The total cost was less than 50 yuan, which was very cost-effective.
After ordering, they saw that the tables at the back were full of tourists, so they found a seat near the front and sat down.
Because they were closer to the counter, they could quickly smell the aroma of tea being made.
It’s the taste of Bamboo Oolong!
Because there were many people placing orders, the employees kept brewing the tea. The clear mixture of bamboo and tea aromas quickly spread and filled people's noses.
Yao Bing remembered the words printed on the packaging box: 'Using precious premium pre-rain oolong tea as the base, combined with special frying techniques, to restore a cup of pure bamboo fragrance...'
Now, as I smell this rich and elegant aroma, I feel it is more and more real.
No wonder it tastes so good and has such a pure flavor, it turns out the ingredients are of high quality.
You won’t find such quality and taste in other milk tea shops.
That's right.
Huajianji is the only brand in the market that is willing to use premium tea leaves with a unit price of more than 600 yuan as its tea base.
Because the oolong tea made from Dongling white tea has a light taste, it is best to brew it 2-3 times each time, so the cost is very high, 3-4 times more than ordinary milk tea!
In addition, the unique bamboo fragrance of Huajianji bamboo is something that other milk tea shops cannot imitate no matter what.
Unless they also use premium oolong tea, but that is impossible because the cost is too high.
Ordinary people cannot even afford to drink such high-grade tea, and using it to make tea base is a waste of resources.
Only Huajianji has such high quality, and every cup is made with real ingredients.
This is the secret to good business, but unfortunately too few people can do it.
The rent and labor costs are high, and the market competition is so fierce; the overall environment is not good, the price of milk tea has been falling frequently, and a large number of companies are cutting spending.
Who can afford the tea cost of hundreds of thousands per month?
The top-notch milk tea shop only has a monthly turnover of more than 200,000 yuan, which is not even enough to cover the raw material costs of a beverage shop.
Naturally, it is impossible to produce such quality.
Those milk teas brewed with tea powder cannot be compared with Huajianji's pure bamboo-scented oolong.
Ye Han and Yan Bin chose it as the main theme after careful consideration. It best reflects the characteristics of Huajianji and is unique.
The grilled sausages were freshly grilled, so Yao Bing and the other man ate them first.
The sizzling meat fat bursts in your mouth, which is very satisfying for hungry people.
Later, there is a cup of Bamboo Scented Oolong to relieve the greasiness, which is absolutely refreshing.
The dumplings are still steaming and we have to wait three or four minutes. The first thing to be served is the blanched spring bamboo shoots.
The fresh and tender bamboo shoots are cut into coin-thick slices and neatly arranged on a long plate. They are blanched in water to remove the sourness and astringency, and then served slightly chilled.
The color is like a light yellowish-white jade piece, crystal clear, with fine strip-like texture, and elasticity and freshness visible to the naked eye.
In short, apart from other things, the "color" of the dish is there, with all the flavors and aromas.
"Try it?" Tan Shuangshuang picked up the chopsticks.
In fact, neither of them had any particular preference for bamboo shoots, but when they saw this plate of brightly colored bamboo shoots with a natural fragrance, they couldn't help but salivate.
In the past, the bamboo shoots we ate in restaurants were not only a bit greasy, but also, due to cost reasons, mostly used bamboo shoots that had been grown for a period of time, so they had a hard texture.
However, the dish in front of me is completely different. It tastes very fresh and tender in the mouth. Just a little bit of sauce is needed to make it taste extremely delicious. It is fresh, tender and smooth, with the natural fragrance of bamboo shoots, tender and crispy, so fresh that you almost bite off your tongue.
Moreover, it was even more refreshing after being chilled in this kind of weather. The two of them kept eating with their chopsticks and finished the whole plate without realizing it.
Yao Bing was stunned when he saw the empty plate.
She obviously didn't like it very much...but she ate it all?
I remember the portion was quite large.
Moreover, blanching is the simplest cooking method, and the sauce is just ordinary umami soy sauce. How come it tastes so delicious?
The taste is really amazing, fresh, crisp and smooth, like putting the whole spring into your mouth. It is better than countless delicacies from the mountains and the sea and is very memorable.
So they ordered another plate.
The steaming dumplings were left aside with no one paying attention to them, but the plate of blanched bamboo shoots was quickly gone.
The same thing happened at the table next to us. Three people ate four plates and looked like they were still not satisfied.
Yao Bing actually wanted another plate.
But the dumplings on the table also needed to be eaten, so I had to give up.
After eating, they sat and rested for a while.
The Bamboo Fragrance Oolong I ordered this time was not drunk quickly like the previous cup. Instead, I savored it carefully, slowly feeling the lingering aroma of bamboo and tea intertwined, which continued to fade and dissipate.
Wait until the aftertaste has completely faded, then take another sip and let the aroma continue to spread gradually in your mouth and breath.
The more Yao Bing tasted it, the more she could feel the charm of the Bamboo Fragrance Oolong, which was as refreshing as fresh rain in an empty mountain, with a long aftertaste.
It has a taste that no other tea can achieve, and it has become the No. 1 milk tea drink for her.
Basically, the first three all belong to Huajianji, that fresh and refreshing feeling is really impossible to imitate.
Yao Bing was also curious about the tea room upstairs, but judging from the promotional pictures next to the stairs, the private rooms were high-end and decorated in an antique style; the environment was beautiful, and there were professional tea artists making tea, allowing guests to enjoy their tea in peace.
It is conceivable that the cost of the private room must be very high.
She asked the staff, and they took out a gold-plated menu.
Special Mingqian tea set: 258 yuan
Contents: Special grade Mingqian tea (15g, brewed by tea artist)
One serving of green tea pastry (6 pieces), one serving of osmanthus cake (6 pieces), one serving of mung bean cake (6 pieces), one serving of pineapple cake (6 pieces), and one plate of blanched spring bamboo shoots.
Tribute-grade tea picking package: 388 yuan.
Tribute grade first-picked tea (15g, brewed by tea artist), one serving of green tea cake (6 pieces)......
The price was higher than she expected.
Yao Bing remembers that the tea and snack sets launched by Huajianji before had a rich variety of categories, including tea drinks such as lotus seed soup and roselle osmanthus drink, which were priced at 128 yuan.
This price is quite reasonable.
But the price of the private room package has doubled. No, the price of the tribute-level package has more than tripled!
As a tea set, it is way too expensive.
And except for the tea, everything else is similar.
She knew that the cost of the box and the tea artist would be included, but the tea was only 15g, not much, and the price was increased by 3 times...
How expensive is this tribute-grade tea? Thousands of yuan per pound?
Yao Bing shook his head in his heart, not quite understanding.
The Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao her father asked someone to buy was not so expensive, let alone the local tea.
She handed the menu back to the waiter, at least she wouldn't go there herself.
After Yao Bing and his friend finished their Bamboo Fragrance Oolong, they walked out of the first floor and inadvertently saw his father's tea friend, an uncle named Liao.
The other party was with two other retired cadres of similar age, and they seemed to have come down from the box on the second floor.
"Not bad, not bad, come back in a few days."
"Okay, I'll treat you next time."
"Then we'll take turns and stay here from now on."
"Okay, I'll just buy some tea next time."
The three of them walked forward chatting and laughing, then stopped at the foot of the mountain to look at the lush green tea garden.
"Uncle Liao, it's really you. Why are you in the botanical garden?" Yao Bing came to greet him.
"Oh, it's Yao Bing. I heard from some tea friends that a high-end teahouse has opened here, so I came to try it. The quality is really good, haha, the scenery is great, and the tea is even better.
Go back and tell your father that we can go together next time."
"...Okay, Uncle Liao." Yao Bing was a little confused.
She just thought the set meal was too expensive and the price of tea was a bit outrageous, then she saw her father's tea friend, who seemed to have tried it.
Faster than her who often pays attention to the news of Huajianji.
Uncle Liao is older than his father and is a veteran cadre.
Even after retirement, those who had promoted him in the past often came to express their condolences with gifts, whether out of face or out of sincerity.
Knowing that the other party likes to drink tea, the gifts were all high-end gift boxes of tea. According to his father, they were basically famous teas such as West Lake Longjing, Dongting Biluochun, and Wuyishan Dahongpao, which cost more than 2,000 yuan.
I didn’t expect that I would come to the newly opened teahouse in Huajianji today.
It really surprised her.
This is not a special teahouse, but is located in a botanical garden. It has only been open for a few days, so how come it is so famous?
Even the picky Uncle Liao came here specially.
Speaking of this, it’s actually all thanks to Boss Feng.
The new tea in his teahouse was on the market more than half a month earlier than the new tea in Huajianji. Old tea drinkers were full of praise for the tea that Ye Han gave them, which made Boss Feng's teahouse a little famous.
However, since the quantity of tea was small, these tea drinkers had no way to buy any. So after the Huajianji tea house opened, Boss Feng recommended several old customers there.
Anyway, given the quality of Huajianji’s tea, it will be popular sooner or later, so why not go with the flow and do a favor?
Why not do it since it not only maintains old customers but also strengthens the relationship with Huajianji?
Huajianji brought him a lot of business. It can be said that a large part of the teahouse’s current success is due to the other party, and he will never forget it.
Many of these old tea drinkers are retired cadres. They have relatively free time on weekdays and have high pensions. It is a great pleasure for them to come to the tea room box to drink tea with a few tea friends.
People who drink tea regularly know each other and they have their own circles.
Boss Feng recommended old tea drinkers to Huajianji. People who came there praised it highly and its fame gradually spread in the circle.
It has only been open for two or three days, and more than a dozen groups of people have come. These people will definitely become regular customers of the teahouse in the future.
By the time most people in the circle know about it, they will probably have to book the private rooms in advance.
After Yao Bing returned home, he first gave the tea he bought to his father. Without saying anything more, he quickly placed the pink peach egg succulent plants on the balcony and carefully read the cultivation instructions.
It’s really cute, hehe.
Yao Bing couldn't help but touch its fleshy pink leaves.
Yao's father's voice came from the living room: "Daughter, what did you buy? This year's new tea?"
"Yes." Yao Bing came out of the room holding a booklet: "Special Mingqian tea."
Father Yao looked at the packaging. It was a very elegant tea box. The packaging was indeed good, but he didn't seem to see a familiar brand. "Where is it made?"
Yao Bing: "It's our local tea - Dongling White Tea."
"Oh, the local tea is not bad either." Father Yao: "You know Uncle Qin who came here last month, he has a hundred acres of tea garden, I always buy from him, old customers get a better price.
You don’t have to spend money anymore.”
"Dad, please try it. I think it tastes good. This is the first time I have tasted such delicious tea."
"Okay." Father Yao said with a smile, but he didn't care much in his heart.
My daughter doesn’t like drinking tea usually, and her understanding of tea is very superficial. It seems that the osmanthus oolong tea I brought last time was not bad, but it was not pure tea, and there is still a big difference.
But after all, it was my daughter's idea.
When Yao's father opened the package, he was shocked when he saw the price at the bottom: 268 yuan.
100g/268 yuan, that means one pound is more than 1,300 yuan!
How can local tea be sold at such a high price? Is Yao Bing being ripped off?!
Or is it that the marked price is relatively high and the actual price is discounted.
Father Yao: "How much did you pay for this tea?"
Yao Bing: "The price is posted on it, I remember it was 268 yuan, I bought two boxes."
Father Yao sighed and put the tea leaves back on the table: "Take it back and return it quickly.
Local tea is not that expensive, the special grade is usually only 500-600 yuan, and the more expensive Mingqian tea is no more than 800 yuan. I can get it from your uncle Qin for 700 yuan, and the one you bought is nearly twice as expensive."
Yao Bing was not moved at all: "It's different. Many people bought it at that time. Try it. The taste is definitely different."
Father Yao frowned and said, "You don't understand the market situation. Which store did you buy it from? I'll help you return it."
Yao Bing was not convinced: "It's the same shop where I bought Osmanthus Oolong last time, Huajianji Botanical Garden, and the Lotus Seed Heart Tea is also from them!
I also ran into Uncle Liao there. He went to the newly opened teahouse specifically to drink tea, and he asked you to go with him next time."
Father Yao was stunned for a moment: "...Your Uncle Liao?"
Yao Bing: "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes."
Father Yao was silent.
As a tea lover, he knew the other party's taste clearly. He did not like ordinary tea at all. The grade of tea he drank was much higher than that of the one he liked.
He asked someone to get a big red envelope of Wuyishan liquor for him. The other party probably drank it often. After all, he was an old cadre and his style and taste were much higher than ordinary people.
Father Yao looked at the simple and elegant packaging box in front of him and it seemed that this tea was indeed extraordinary.
So I opened it, poured some into a glass, and observed it carefully.
For those who understand tea, they can feel the difference just by looking at the tea leaves.
It is absolutely one bud and one leaf, with no mixture of one bud and two leaves. The length of each one is almost the same, and they must have been carefully selected.
The color is bright and the tea fragrance is strong. You can tell it is this year's new tea and premium tea.
Because they were picked early, the buds and leaves have not turned green yet, but are light green with a hint of white. However, judging by their length, the buds are already very plump and of absolutely top quality.
After a wash of mineral water at over 80 degrees, the light tea fragrance filled the entire room. The buds and leaves stretched out, as fresh and tender as if they had just been picked. The tea soup was clear and bright, and the smell was intoxicating.
After taking a sip, Yao's father sighed inwardly and was completely conquered by the taste.
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