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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8825, 17 March 1909, Page 2

GET STOCKTON! Get Stockton Coal. WRITE us for quote. Coal and price will be a pleasant surprise. Not an ounce of disappointment in a whole ton. District Agents— Samuel Brown, Ltd., WELLINGTON. TEA-BLENDING. An eminent tea expert, writing in the "Tea and Coffee Trade Journal," says: — "Tea-blending is a scientific _ art, and the acme of the art is to 'lift' blends up, not to depress them to a dull average. The expert will blend low-priced, medium and fine-quality teas in such a way as to make a 'fine liquoring,' not a medium, cup. The great secret i 6 to select for your 'fetching up' grade a tea that can dominate the blend. For this great experience and a highly trained palate are csential. No hard and fast rules can be laid down, but there is a great prize to be gained by the successful individual who by his skill can make, for two or three pence a pound less money, a blend that shall equal the mere expensive one of the inexpert blender." In New Zealand expert tea-blenders are few and far between, and while there are many brands of blended teas on the market, few are the work of real experts. For the most part the teas are mixed in a haphazard kind of _ way, the main object being the obtaining of a maximum profit. Uniformity of quality or flavour under such conditions is impossible, and purity problematical, j There is one firm in New Zealand ' who have for many years been selling the finest blended teas in Australasia. Blended by an expert of great experience and unique skill", who also has the advantage of his firm'? superior buying j and importing capabilities, these teas are undoubtedly very fine examples of the blender's art, and at the various prices at which they are sold they are undeniably the best value obtainable in the Dominion. Wo refer to "Tiger" Teas. That they have for so many years retained their supremacy and great popularity in the face of increased competition is evidence of the public's critical abilities. The people of New Zealand are, 011 the whole, good " judges of tea, and as "Tiger" Tea is still the pick of the great majority, nothing further need bo added, except that the.y are-obtainable from all stores at Is 4d, Is 6d, Is Bd. Is lOd, and 2s per lb. That at Is 8d per lb is the most favoured at present. It is a very fine tea, "and those who cannot afford the higher priced "Tiger" Teas find it quite as srood as other brands of tea at 2s a lb. Those, however, who are compelled to buy a low-priced tea will' get the best value for their money, both in quality and flavour, if they buy the low-priced "Tiger" blends. —Advt.