Chapter 328 New Milk Tea
A few days later, Lu Lixuan once again brought out his new milk tea.
Now his tasting team has three members, including Ren Anzhi, the store manager of "Xiao Meng Tao Cha Liao", and his colleagues.
These days, Lu Lixuan has spent almost all his time on preparing and developing new milk tea. Such sleepless and high-intensity work has made even his face, an alien biological weapon, look a little gloomy.
But Lu Lixuan seemed not to feel tired at all. He still poured milk tea for his three tasters in a spirited manner.
"This is the latest version!" Lu Lixuan said, "Please have a taste."
At first, the store manager and his colleagues looked down on this young man who had no formal education and was said to have been detained. They just thought he was messing around. But when Lv Lixuan took out a replica that tasted almost the same as "New Glen's First Snow", the two had a big change in their opinion of Lv Lixuan. Especially the store manager, who is a senior practitioner in this industry. He knows that a hit like the rival milk tea must have condensed the hard work and experience of the other party's practitioners. He is also an old hand in mixing milk tea. He knows that milk tea, which seems to have no technical difficulty and any newcomer can mix a decent drink, is actually not that easy to mix a taste that makes people's eyes light up. And it is even more difficult to mix a fine product that is impressive and even crushes all the nearby milk teas.
But Lv Lixuan, who had no experience, made a milk tea with almost the same taste in just a few days. Although the imitation milk tea was too expensive to sell, the store manager had already recognized Lv Lixuan's incredible talent. The investment of the big star Ren Anzhi further confirmed this.
Even passers-by who don't pay attention to the entertainment industry will know the name of Ren Anzhi, a star who has won the hearts of most women in the country. And this big star is willing to invest in this store regardless of cost , and is confidently waiting for Lv Lixuan's research and development. The store manager subconsciously feels that this will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in his career. With the addition of celebrity filters, and the milk tea served by Lv Lixuan getting better and better every day, the store manager and his colleagues have unknowingly ignited the fighting spirit to defeat "New Glen's First Snow".
"Try it!! My latest achievement!" said Lu Lixuan.
"It tastes good." said a fellow clerk. She nodded and said, "Xiao Lu, you are amazing. I think the taste is pretty good!"
"Not bad." Ren Anzhi said while holding the paper cup, "It's the most to my taste these days."
Now, of the three tasters, only the store manager had not yet given his evaluation. Lv Lixuan looked at him expectantly. The store manager closed his eyes, then raised his cup and took another sip.
"Manager, how is it?"
"It tastes good." The store manager opened his eyes and said, "But..."
"But what?"
"I think if we want to beat our rivals' milk tea, we're still missing something," the store manager pondered, "Since we're making high-quality products, this is still not enough ."
"What do you think is missing?"
"It lacks a memorable touch." The store manager said, "I can still clearly recall the light cool feeling of New Glen's signature milk tea. That is the memorable touch. As long as customers recall that taste, they will recognize that store. I think our milk tea should also have something that customers can remember."
The room fell into silence, and Ren Anzhi and his fellow shop assistants looked at Lu Lixuan.
Lu Lixuan thought, "A memorable taste that leaves a lasting impression."
Ren Anzhi said, "If that's the case, I once heard this when I was participating in a food show: good food has memories." He put down his teacup, "I think it makes sense."
Lu Lixuan paced a few steps. Ren Anzhi thought he would complain, but the young man just raised his head, his eyes shining, "Manager, you are absolutely right. I will go back and continue mixing!"
Then he rushed back to the kitchen like a gust of wind.
"Doesn't this guy need a break?" muttered a fellow clerk.
The store manager looked at his back, and his heart was beating very fast for some reason. Decades ago, when he first entered the society, he had a fire in his heart. At that time, the world in his eyes was full of hope and opportunities, as if nothing was impossible. Now more than ten years have passed, and his fire has long been extinguished without a spark. He only hopes to make more money to make a living in the future, but now a faint spark suddenly popped out in his chest again, "Maybe, we can really make something amazing..." He lowered his head and thought to himself.
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Lu Lixuan looked at the bottles and jars in front of him and fell into deep thought.
He could understand what the store manager meant. Humans are creatures that rely on memory to survive. Some memories are bland and forgotten the moment they are input into the brain, while some memories are like lightning in the night sky, so bright and vivid that they are deeply embedded in the consciousness. When needed, they will jump out and then transform into indelible emotions such as happiness, sadness, embarrassment, fear, etc.
What his milk tea needs is a memorable point that people will remember.
But what kind of impressive form should he give his milk tea?
His sense of taste is not as sophisticated as that of the local humans. He can only sense a few basic flavors of the food on this planet. Can he really make a memorable taste?
He restarted the operation.
After that, he served milk tea more than ten times in a row. Although his three tasters gave unanimous praise, he knew that his milk tea still had nothing particularly outstanding.
Good food is a memory.
Continuing to adjust in this way would be like a headless fly without a purpose.
He felt tired for the first time.
Then, he finally stopped mixing the ingredients after being busy all these days and looked at the bottles and jars in front of him without saying a word.
He was very tired, and his brain, which had been working non-stop to calculate various proportions, finally got a break.
……then.
He sat in the room for three whole days.
He didn't eat, drink, or even think.
On the third night, fueled by hunger, he recalled the day when he had just come into Laura's life.
He curled up in the egg pod and flew through the clouds. The wind was whistling wildly, rubbing against the hard egg pod and igniting sparks.
Then he descended to earth.
At first the sounds were far away, as if they were beyond the stars. Then they poured into his ears like rain.
... He heard countless breathing sounds, the breath of countless tiny creatures on this planet, the sound of earthworms drilling the soil, the sound of ants building walls, the sound of birds singing, the sound of people talking, and the noise of vehicles passing by. He stood on this land and saw the night sea of clouds in the distance , and he saw countless flashing lights.
He took a deep breath.
breathe.
That is the breath of this planet, the smell of the city, the vague smell of human beings in the night...
That day, under the starry sky, he turned into a human being.
Now, he recalled everything from the beginning, his memories of first contact with this planet.
I know how to make the milk tea this time, he thought.
He picked up the measuring cup again.
Good food is a memory.
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Two days later, Lu Lixuan presented his work again.
“Actually, I think the first few models you offered are pretty good.” The colleague took the teacup and said calmly.
"Try this one now."
"Hmm." The colleague took a sip, and then her eyes widened, "This, this feeling..."
"how?"
"Good, delicious! So delicious!" A colleague shouted, "Very delicious! Manager, Mr. Ren, you all try it!"
Ren Anzhi took a small sip from the cup, and then he took another big sip, trying to deepen the impression. First there was a strong impact that went straight into the brain, and then the taste gradually became milder, like a wisp of breeze spreading in the mouth, with the slightly astringent fragrance of tea and the sweetness of milk floating up.
Afterwards, you want another bite.
"This taste..." Ren Anzhi thought of words of praise in his mind, "It's really incredible!"
"hey-hey."
"What's that impact feeling in front of me?"
"It's mint." Lv Lixuan said, "New Glen's First Snow signature milk tea also uses mint. According to your feedback, their mint is used in the aftertaste. I use it for the initial taste."
"Ah..." the store manager at the side said, "This milk tea is really amazing, really amazing..." He waved his arms to explain, but for a moment he couldn't think of a better word than amazing.
Lu Lixuan took out the recipe for milk tea. Although it involved relatively expensive high-quality raw materials, overall the cost was controlled within a range that could be sold on the street.
In any case, this milk tea was a success.
Ren Anzhi asked: "How did you do it?"
"It's my memory. The memory of my first time in this city. I conveyed this memory in the milk tea."
My colleague shouted, "Great!! This milk tea will definitely beat New Glen's First Snow!!"
"Okay. Okay." Ren Anzhi turned to Lu Lixuan and said, "This is the new product you developed. Give it a name."
"The city. It's called the city."
Xiaozhen and Liu Xingquan were walking on their way home from school.
"Yan Zhen, this road is not your way home," said Liu Xingquan.
"My mom said there's a famous milk tea shop here, it seems to be called Chuxue." Xiaozhen said, "I want to buy a cup and try it."
"You like milk tea so much."
"I try famous delicacies sometimes." Xiao Zhen stopped and said, "Wow, the queue is too long."
Across the street, a huge queue of people lined up, and a loud speaker announced, "You have to queue for an hour and a half to get your milk tea! You have to queue for an hour and a half to get your milk tea!"
"There are too many people here." Liu Xingquan said mercilessly, "I won't wait in line with you to waste time."
"Tsk, let's come back next time." Xiao Zhen and Liu Xingquan turned around and walked a few steps. A clerk from another milk tea shop on the roadside poked his head out and greeted them, "We just released a new milk tea. It's also super delicious! Do you want to try it?"
Xiaomeng Tao Tea House, Xiaozhen read out the sign in her mind.
Compared with the first snow of the New Glen opposite, the customer flow of this restaurant can only be described as miserable. There was no one at the door except Xiaozhen and Liu Xingquan.
"Our new product is absolutely delicious!" the clerk said confidently, "Come and try it. We're having a promotion now!"
Xiao Zhen saw her subconscious desire to hug his thighs and beg him to buy a cup of milk tea. Well, it looks like this store is a bit pitiful.
"What kind of activities are you doing?"
"Buy one, get one free," the clerk said. "Buy one cup, and your classmate gets one free, too."
"Okay, I'll buy it. Less ice, 50% sugar."
“No ice, three parts sugar.”
The clerk was overjoyed and soon handed two cups of milk tea to Xiaozhen and Liu Xingquan.
Xiao Zhen glanced at the long queue not far away and absentmindedly took a sip from the straw.
Then he and Liu Xingquan looked at each other and shouted at the same time: "This, this is too delicious!!"
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the next day.
When Xiao Zhen and Liu Xingquan visited this cute little teahouse again, they found that there was an exaggeratedly long queue in front of the store, which had been deserted before. The loud speaker repeatedly announced, "Now you have to wait 2 hours to get milk tea!"
