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Peel until I feel dizzy! The "nightmare" of tea workers is coming!

Published: 2026-04-26 Author:

Last Updated: 2026/04/26, ▲ Click to pay attention| The daily boutique coffee culture magazine Coffee Workshop mentions Xi tea, and the first thing many people think of is its signature: fleshy grapes. Since its birth in 2018, a large number of star reviews have made the popularity of fleshy grapes continue to rise. It has been the top seller of the Xi Tea list for five consecutive years and has gradually become a brand label.

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When it comes to happy tea, the first thing that comes to mind is its signature: succulent grapes. Since its birth in 2018, a large number of full stars have kept the popularity of succulent grapes rising, winning the top spot on the list of favorite teas for five years in a row, and gradually becoming brand label products. In many cases, it is difficult to shake its position even when new products are listed.

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With regard to this "top drink", the founder of Xi Cha once revealed in an interview the main points of its production, that is, manual peeling. " We make a cup of succulent grapes because there is no better way for the time being, in order to meet consumers' expectations that they do not want to eat grape skins and seeds, and to ensure that the final product is not canned flesh with obvious saccharin flavor, all the grapes in the cup can only be peeled and seeded one by one. "

In the eyes of consumers, the details of hand-peeling grapes are naturally better, because this can not only better retain the meat quality of the fruit, but also make the chewing taste richer. The characteristics of peeling and seeding, coupled with Fresh Juice, also make the whole cup more enjoyable.

But for the workers in the preparation room, the raw material preparation process of succulent grapes is not very pleasant. In order to ensure the quality of the products, each store needs to arrange to peel the grape meat in advance and then add the grape juice to improve the aroma and taste, from cleaning to manual peeling, de-seeding and mashing, without the assistance of professional tools, almost every step is a tedious step, and can not be a little lazy, so it is often complained by their own staff.

Just yesterday, a worker complained online that the grapes purchased by Xi Cha were "unstable in quality control" and accompanied by a picture full of grape skins and seeds, which attracted many peers.

According to this employee, Xi Cha recently introduced grapes with "terrible seeds". One grape contains as many as five seeds, which is very difficult to peel. Moreover, these days coincide with the anniversary celebration. There are naturally many people ordering succulent grapes in the optional list of buy one get one free. The original steps are troublesome enough, but now they have to be seeded one by one, which makes people dizzy.

However, in this regard, another old tea lover "reminded" in the comment area: Xia Hei (grape) will be back soon, if you have a choice, you would rather pick seeds for the grapes like this than peel the grapes that you can't even pick.

According to official disclosure, as the grape is a seasonal fruit, the brand hopes that consumers can drink it all year round. In order to achieve a long-term and stable supply of the fruit, whenever the Jufeng grape is out of season, Xia Hei grape will be introduced as a substitute for return.

But in the eyes of the employees, compared with Jufeng, the grape of Xiahei variety is much more difficult to deal with. Not only is the fruit small, but the skin is even more difficult to peel. After peeling it for a long time, it is found that there is not much meat at all. Holding it to the production room for more than ten minutes, it really annoys a lot of people who like tea, so Xia Hei is also called a "nightmare" by them.

In the face of such a huge demand for grapes, many netizens can not help but wonder to the beating workers, since the process of peeling grapes by hand is so troublesome, why not directly use the automatic peeling machine, but still rely on manual work. In this regard, Lao Xi Tea people also said frankly that although intelligent equipment can indeed solve part of the process of preparing raw materials, in fact, in the end, not only manual rework inspection, but also cleaning the machine inside and outside, so they think that instead of spending time on the equipment, it is better to do it yourself.

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