TEA-DRINKERS, BEWARE
-^+ The following is from a recent London paper :— :• A gloom has come over our- tea-tables since the revelations made by Dr Letheby regarding the 260 chests of " Monfng Congou," of which only six were seized. But worse remains to be learned. The pensive public is informed by a trade newspaper that thousands of pounds of so-called "tea" are annually sold at Mincing lane, com-, pared to which;" Moning" is Really a superior: sample. The commodity is proffered under the .names of scented caper, gunpowder, and, sif tings, and consists of a very small proportion of the, genuine leaf; the rest of the bulk being made up with silkworms' excrement, warehouse dust, dirt of various kinds, and a solution of gum. This delightful compound sells to the retail houses it.six-pence per pound, and pays Government •i duty as " China mixture." From the ame source we learn that a large parcel of
" tea" is now advertised for sale which the brokers have valued at twopence-halfpenny per pound. If " «cented caper "- fetches sixpence, what can this article be like ?
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 649, 22 June 1870, Page 2
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178TEA-DRINKERS, BEWARE Star (Christchurch), Issue 649, 22 June 1870, Page 2
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