丨This article was originally written by Xiao Chen Chashi
丨First published in Baijiahao: Xiao Chen Tea Affair
丨Author: Village Gu Chen
At the earliest, our family's Wuyi rock tea was packed with 8 grams in one brew.
Not only our family, at that time, the rock tea in Wuyi Mountain was packed with 8 grams.
Pour 8 grams of rock tea into the white porcelain bowl handed down from the Tieguanyin era, and fill the bowl with a water volume of 100-110 ml when the bowl is empty, and the taste of the tea brewed is just the style of this rock tea.
The 8 grams of beef happens to be fruity, floral, cinnamon and spicy, and the most memorable thing is that the soup is soft and smooth.
The 8 grams of Huiyuan Lao Cong Narcissus happens to have a deep and fragrant woody taste, and the soup is extremely thick, so you don't have to swallow it, and you will slide down the stomach with a sip.
8 grams of Huiyuan iron arhat, just happen to be angelica medicine fragrant and slow and vigorous, the soup is thick and mellow and soft, and the taste of the old tree in Ganli is soaring.
With a gram weight of 8 grams, it is also convenient to calculate when packing tea.
A pound is 500 grams, a bubble bag is 8 grams, and a pound bag is 625 bubbles.
But in reality, to buy a pound of rock tea, it is normal to give 62 bubbles, or 63 bubbles - that half bubble, either for the four rounded, or for five - depending on whether the heart of the tea shopkeeper is big or small.
This practice has been around for many years.
Everyone is in the weight of 8 grams, happily enjoying the various beautiful charms of Wuyi rock tea.
The usual competition, small-scale tea fighting, and tea competition in a small circle are all standard gaiwan and 8 grams of rock tea, no one is more than anyone, no one is less than anyone, an honest bag of 8 grams is compared to down, losing and winning, all in the talk and laughter.
It doesn't matter what the result is, the important thing is that everyone has the same beliefs and standards, and knows what kind of rock tea is good and what kind of performance is bad.
Until one day, I don't know exactly what day, the direction of the wind suddenly changed.
Wuyishan began to become popular 83 grams of rock tea bag method.
The rock tea from Wuyi Mountain, except for loose tea, is basically 83 grams.
In the beginning, it was one or two manufacturers who wrapped it like this, and gradually, most manufacturers wrapped it like this.
Finally, almost all manufacturers have a package of 83 grams up.
When asked, they were all confused: 8 grams of a bubble, that is already a long time ago.
I took the goods in Wuyi Mountain, asked the manufacturer to package and send it down, and Xiaozhulin's sister still asked, how many grams are packed, and what kind of bubble bag is used?
I wonder, 8 grams, isn't it how many years I have been wrapped like this?Why do you have to ask this question?
My sister laughs, and it has been popular for a long time to pack 83 grams up. There are also people who pack 9 grams.
This information scared the village aunt Chen a big surprise, when the world has been 83 grams to rule, and I'm still in a big dream?
Then I asked, isn't 8 grams a good package, why change it to 8 bagsWhat about 3 grams?
My sister was also asked, and after a while, she came back and said, Bao 83 grams is a good calculation. A pound is exactly 60 bubbles, unlike before to go to 625 bubbles or 63 bubbles, fighting with guests for a cup of tea, hurting feelings.
Take out the calculator and do the math, 500 grams divided by 83, which is equal to 6024。
There's no way to divide this into an integer, so how can it be calculated?Isn't there still half a pack that can't be removed?
But Xiao Zhulin's sister doesn't want to dwell on this weight anymore.
She gave a straightforward answer: I think it's because of package 83 grams has a slightly heavier taste, and the tea is a little more resistant to brewing. In this way, the guests taste better and the tea sells better.
A word wakes up the dreamer.
I took loose tea and weighed 83 grams, also known as an 8 grams, two standard gaiwans of the same capacity brew at the same time, boiling water, hedging.
Sure enough, 8The 3-gram bowl of tea soup is much richer than the 8-gram bowl, the flavor is more obvious, and the bubble resistance is also increased by 10%.
Don't underestimate this 10%, in terms of Zhengyan tea, it is nothing, almost negligible, but for a large number of foreign camellias, this extra 03 grams, which is an extra 10% of foam resistance, can be life-saving.
The consistency, thickness, and brewing resistance of the outer camellia have always been criticized by others.
Some foreign camellia with good craftsmanship was once pulled down in the PK with Zhengyan tea because of the bubble resistance and the endoplasm of the mountain field itself.
But more than this 0With the addition of 3 grams, it's a different story.
Not only can you break through the long-cherished life of a bag of tea brewing but not 6 punches, but you can also insist on 7-8 punches or even take a big step to 9 punches, this improvement directly gives the relatively weak outer camellia in the competition a chance to survive and a large number of emerging opportunities.
Therefore, under the impetus of the outer mountain tea, Zhengyan tea has also begun to 83 grams to show people.
Although the already powerful Zhengyan tea has increased by 0After 3 grams, it still far exceeds the aroma, taste, soup and even brewing resistance of the outer camellia, but in the case of the outer camellia, 03 grams, it is like having wings, and from then on, you can fly on the tea table and compete with Zhengyan tea.
0.3 grams is a precious admission ticket obtained by the outer camellia.
It was glittering with gold and attracted countless pink tickets.
After some time, went on a business trip.
After passing through the airport, I found a rock tea shop, and the rock tea sold was 13 grams in one brew.
Scared. 13 grams has to be matched with a big bowl, at least the 100-110 ml bowl inherited from the Tieguanyin era can't hold so many tea leaves.
It's okay to stuff it hard, but after stuffing it, you won't be able to pour much water into it - the proportion of tea is so out of balance, and the tea soup brewed will be so thick that it will be too strong.
It's like putting a big spoonful of salt in a small bowl of soup, and when you drink it, your throat will fall.
Why do you pack such an excess of rock tea grams?
Is it also because the taste is not enough, and the weight is made up?But it's a little too much, with 83 grams compared to 4 more than 47 grams, which is equivalent to half the weight more.
1.5 times the amount of tea, what effect do you want to achieve, is it extremely extremely resistant to brewing?
It's really puzzling.
But since then, this 13-gram super-large bubble rock tea has been firmly imprinted in the depths of my memory.
Every time I drink the rock tea that is so bitter as traditional Chinese medicine that people brew after sitting in a cup, and the rock tea that makes the tongue quickly fold, I will always think of this 13-gram oversized rock tea.
I always feel that its appearance is probably to achieve a thrilling and unforgettable effect.
It's like mustard. If it's not so spicy that you cry, you won't always remember its hearty feeling of initiation.
I still remember many years ago, a tea friend said, you like to eat salmon, let me give you some mustard.
Years later, I have long forgotten about the salmon shop, but I have remembered this tea lover ever since.
Come to think of it, the same is true of the idea of concocting 13 grams of rock tea.
Only by shocking the world can it be unforgettable.
After another period of time, someone took the rock tea of Xiao Chen's tea family and PK with the rock tea of a certain family.
It seems that in recent years, there are still relatively few people who take our rock tea and other people's rock tea PK.
A niche brand like ours, basically, doesn't need to PK with a big road brand to prove the value of its existence.
The minority represents the recognition and love of a specific group of people.
However, the final result of that PK was that our family's Zhengyan tea, the cinnamon of Wuyishan Hu Ge's family, the owner of Niulankeng, was given a rock tea brand that did not know what to emerge from.
It is said that the aroma is the one who wins, but the body of the soup and the foam resistance are the other party's wins.
The integrity of the tea strip is also won by the other party.
I carefully looked at the bubble bags of the two teas that were put together for a duel, and found that these two teas were not suitable for PK together - the bubble bag of the other party's tea was impressively printed, net content: 9 grams.
And our family's rock tea, because it is self-sustaining and self-respecting, is still packaged in the oldest grams, 8 grams.
With a brew of 9 grams of rock tea, go to PK a brew of 8 grams of rock tea, this result has no reference value at all.
With 9 grams against 8 grams, of course, we lose.
It's like a 200kg competitor competing with a 160kg competitor, which is completely against the basic rules of international competition.
But the people who take the tea to PK don't think like this - after all, they are not experts, and they won't weigh the weight before PK to ensure the accuracy of the result - they only look at the comparison of the two brews of tea, how can they take into account that the weight will be different?
Therefore, 8 grams of Zhengyan tea lost to 9 grams of tea from outside the mountain.
It's like good money will always lose to bad money.
Just like the Black Wood Cliff will always be able to disturb the peace of the Wuyue Sword Sect.
I believe that in places we don't know, our tea should be with someone else's tea, and it has been put on the same table countless times.
Presumably there are not many chances to win - who let us still stick to the ancient 8 grams, and the people have evolved to 9 grams and 13 grams.
Pressing you with an overdose, no matter how good the mountain field is in Zhengyan, or how old and experienced the master is, it will be a loss.
The thick tea soup brewed in large doses has already paralyzed people's sense of taste, and it is still clear which of the two brews of tea is smoother and softer, which brews the aroma is richer, and which brews have a richer sweet aftertaste.
It's like when two tunes are at the same time, one is super loud and the other is slightly smaller, you can definitely only hear the loud tune and think it's good.
But in fact, only in the case of the same decibel can you really distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of two songs.
So, we want to qualify for a fair play.
Please automatically reduce everyone to the same gram weight, and then pk.
Only with sincerity can we meet at the top.
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Xiao Chen Tea Village Gu Chen, column writer, the original innovation of the tea industry ** "Xiao Chen Tea Affairs" chief writer, has published a white tea monograph "White Tea Tasting Notes", and has written more than 4,000 original articles from 2016 to 2020.