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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
i8o THE WEST SHORE. July, 1881 the tun for a short time and then packed in banket; thcc are now laid in tier upon an open frame work on both tide of a long, narrow room fpape 176) The ll..- .l:. 1 '. ' " room na a cnannel or Hue 16 inchc wide running it entire length filial with (turning chanoal and thut ncning urying the tea in the banket; the tea thu ronnted in mixed with other and letter kind according lo the quality required, and i ultimately packed in large boxen or chct contain mjran avciage of 17J lb. Grfen tea rctaina more juice in drying lhaii black tea, a circumstance which explain it more energetic action on the nervoua ytem. All province of Kiang Nng, and wa inche below the aurface (page 1 79). This tea i not roasted a much at Hy son. Experiments upon the difference of color in Murk' and preen tra. have proven that the tint depends entirely upon the manipulation and no! upon . the heat, with the Mine degree of heat j the dame leave will be black if allowed j to remain quiet during the last roasting while they Iwcome green if kept in an inccMant state of motion; the former; management tending to retard, while ' the latter accelerate the evaporation of the fuiccs, which is further augmented by the fanning. In India tea manufac.l luring ih kiinpler and les expensive man ino metqoiu employed in China and Japan, the leave are carried from make a stranger imagine that they were in the greatest torture, after half an hour's rolliner the batch of lPVft le taken and paH through large sieves where the tea is separated into coarse and fine qualities, and then taken back to the tables, where it is rolled separ ately till finished; it is then pressed into balls about one pound each and placed in rows on a table for fermentation which takes place in about one hour's time, ereat care beiner reauired nnt over ferment the leaf, as that would spoil the tea; it is then taken to the firing-house wheie after being thor. oughly roasted it is sorted by passing through a series of sieves and finally being picked over by hand to remove ii . L 5j.v j-t' p''.? S-r PV;f r'' z ' ? wrJ OIILMMalk' rullrxl Kin..!.. C . .. . i . nun, nlll w here it wa prepared, Ulng afterward introduced into the plain and having "urinitin orsioweti on ilk culture it received the name of Garden tea rui uiumateiy llyon, Trout the firm or ....., nf vnm, 01 a oiMingtinhrri manufacturer. l!yontkin, young hy son and gunpowder arc simply ,ort. cl teat fiom the umr lot. I'rcviou. to packing ihec are mixed according to the quality required. Singh, or 1 wankay tea 1 prepared in tho same way, only with le care than the Hy on. Tle operation of rolling u ofen frifurnml vAMh the feet a relief to the hand., an I ihe Twankav Kuoi. wmble that umnI for Mack iea, except that it is placed obliquely at an angle of tf degree on the Move and about j SKARCIIINt; Fuk UNCURLED LEAVES, I hi? (raraliMatt L ... . w roiunir house am t there scattered over tRe floo d Mowed to cool, two men turning them "io-'-H v, Ihey are then sc . e-ed on mat. and allowed to wither till hey are quite aoft and pliable, ,hcn rdv for roll! ng next m orning. build inL' ovrf . fc!. "-"'7 " '""P wi,ie. wi.K ... n ...::v "?a -0 Rct length. 1 h Z. " K ,ne .ide'of ,h:. m -'n ."!? .n "ch atx.nl tw f . 1 K c"cn 0,ncr "id who.nl, kir.-ri","" ,wo ,vl, nanuurKn it nr.l Warn mint rnihi . 1 a ... Hm.i- .i. fc "-n.au keepmz "8 ech other by their yell. C ktnlknand uncurled leave. The win nowing machinca (page 179) are used n kome of the India tea garden, for clean.ng and sorting the leaves, the dunt U-ing blown in the farthest com partim nt the fine tea next, the heavier next, etc. The beating machine ia uwd , but few of the gardens, .ome claiming that a superior flavor is im. parted to tea which is thoroughly beaten ftcr being .un-dricd. There are many other interesting acts Conner ivl u;.l, u. , ir . " . mm me general nisiory 01 tea, its cultivation, manufacture and ...-.-V.W..I., v., DUl enougn has pcen Mid for an inuli;r ..j.i: e h Affmot method, employed, wkl for induclne 1iVm?a ,L,com in thi. i.te, a. the ttJJZSZ? V0 wl. dime, aad " T!r T,rio,u of Ubor, nty tucjwt,