Zhang Shixun made three cups of tea and handed them to Li Shishi and Ding Dusai with a smile.
"Try it! This is the spring tea. Wang Dong asked someone to go to the Jiangnan area to pick it, and then copied it according to his method. He treasures it so much that he hides it and doesn't let others drink it. I had to persuade him to give me a few ounces."
Li Shishi held the steaming teacup in her hand, leaned in to take a sniff, and said with a smile, "The aroma of tea is overwhelming. It's definitely different from the tea I usually drink."
In the past, she was in contact with literati and poets. Drinking tea and playing the piano were compulsory courses for her. She was very knowledgeable when talking about tea.
"...The requirements for tribute tea are very strict. Tea picking must begin before dawn and stop after the sun rises. This is because the tea buds are not exposed to sunlight before dawn, so they are plump and moist. If they are picked after the sun comes out, the fatness of the tea buds will be consumed by the sun, and the tea produced in this way will lose its unique color."
Li Shishi talked about the tea picking, tea making and various ways of drinking it.
Zhang Shixun and Ding Dusai drank their tea slowly while listening to Li Shishi's explanation of tea.
Although Chuanzhu was very hungry, she had received strict education in the palace since childhood and paid great attention to her eating manners and chewed her food slowly.
It took her almost half an hour to finish the mutton hotpot meal.
Zhang Shixun asked with a smile, "Are you full?"
Chuanzhu touched his stomach and said, "I'm full. I've never eaten such delicious mutton in my life."
Zhang Shixun handed him a cup of tea and said, "Drink some to get rid of the greasy feeling."
Chuanzhu took it, looked at Zhang Shixun with his eyes, and said word by word: "I want to go with you!"
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