Chapter 714
"Cough . Thank you, System, for contributing toward my path of becoming a Master Chef," Yuan Zhou did not directly check the new ingredients; rather, he earnestly thanked the system .
After saying that, Yuan Zhou went looking for the new ingredients .
On a small cabinet door, Yuan Zhou saw a huge character of "tea" written there . The "tea" here was written in archaic seal script, giving it an ancient feeling .
"Nicely written," Yuan Zhou took a bit of time to look at the word before opening the cabinet .
"Eh, no . I have yet to put on the gloves," Yuan Zhou recalled that he did not have any gloves on, nor had he washed his hands . Therefore, he immediately went to wash his hands and put on a pair of gloves .
Of course, the pair of gloves were provided by the system as well . It was very light and fitted him nicely . It did not affect his sense of touch, but Yuan Zhou still rarely wore it .
But this time, he needed to touch the tea leaves . That was why he used the gloves . Moreover, he only used one of the gloves and wore it on only one of his hands . With that, he ensured that not a single trace of foreign smell was left on the tea leaves, retaining the purity of the tea leaves' smell .
"Everything is ready now," Yuan Zhou opened the door with his left hand that did not have a glove on .
Immediately, his face was blasted by a fresh scent . The smell was like orchids, fresh and pleasant .
"Wow, it's quite refreshing," Yuan Zhou carefully used his hand with the glove on to lightly grab a handful of tea leaves and placed them into a bowl he had prepared beforehand .
Of course, after grabbing three handfuls of tea leaves, Yuan Zhou closed the cabinet . He did not allow more of the scent to escape from the cabinet .
The bowl used by Yuan Zhou was a white bowl with no markings on it, forming a contrast with the lush green Longjing tea leaves in the bowl .
That's right, the tea leaves he was given was the Longjing Tea . Yuan Zhou was able to recognize it .
"It is indeed a Pre-Ming Longjing Tea . Last time the system even mentioned there were only a couple kilograms of these available," Yuan Zhou berated softly .
The system displayed, "A new spring has arrived . These are newly harvested tea leaves . "
It was quite rare for the system to give an explanation that did not really explain anything .
"Yeah, yeah, system, you are omnipotent," Yuan Zhou flattered the system .
Then, Yuan Zhou shifted his attention to the tea leaves before him .
The tea leaves were smooth, tender, and was a beautiful striped shape . The width of each leaf was the same, and even through the glove, he could still feel the tenderness of the leaves .
Even the point where the leaves were snapped from the plants looked perfectly even, not a single trace of scar could be seen . This caused Yuan Zhou to recall a certain legend .
"Wait a moment, System, these leaves are not picked by unmarried women, right? They are not picked using the lips, right?" Yuan Zhou asked in shock .
The system displayed, "The temperature of a person's mouth would spoil the layer of membrane surrounding the tea leaves . "
"So that's a no? Good," Yuan Zhou heaved a sigh of relief .
Yuan Zhou did not mind if fresh 18 years old girls were used to pick the tea leaves . After all, girls were more gentle when handling the tea leaves . But if it was picking using lips, Yuan Zhou had no interest in something like that .
"Time to boil some water," Yuan Zhou muttered and started going through the steps of stir-frying tea leaves .
The tea leaves were extremely fresh and tender, to the point the dew left on the leaves were still visible . Therefore, Yuan Zhou did not wash the leaves . Instead, he boiled a pot of water and directly poured the tea leaves inside .
After pouring the tea leaves inside, a dense fresh smell spread out in the water .
Immediately, the restaurant was filled with the fragrance of tea .
"What a pleasant smell," Yuan Zhou lamented and immediately scooped out the tea leaves with a ladle .
Now, a layer of yellowish green had appeared on the tea leaves . The leaves appeared to have withered slightly, yet still appeared very fresh at the same time . The water in the pot had turned a light dark brown .
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