TEA COUNTRIES

New Zealand Tablet, 2 December 1909, Page 1910

TEA COUNTRIES

sins;^Bhlna^^ti HlJoifiolJiß Jstli,ei i fQWfn'tfst3^plag§ r {^s H3H 3 r ppd^u.cing JbuW^ Ift W^ g&^o^ypr^-cticanjT^al^o^riteatifilnsu'S jtjjrpughout ! f W / AVorJ^ i7 wa^ l(> gr^n*irftO Ghinapiand jto-djiyxVthat Jcpgnff^ p^odupe^thW^trnd^Vmfdn taffl»lis",tffaspy tfe,.,^^ m& c^^-Wfifth^aJhdiiriftf'H'o ifcainUfre "oijss^inf *'«£^ f^V^s | \^Liai<a&idoto a gfeat, -^eig^t f j i^jvyas carded fo JChiria + aWd lo frafis..ehete^p manp-yearS agq^^^-^^^neraj 1 b^i^'?sfsiat %Tie^l>tgih^ o^gilrtblly/gKe^Viiri?ilthe^rlattelticquotry, ifi v ;^ U! wild/st^. In fact, though it is only becads6o£hexsoilrjreceiv«fd|itagr§fiJ3U§)y j and the people ofg^^u^r^oo^^^^ajior^^ Hba -91 TJ'ifife'k^^bffo^e^jnpst. inseparably colmectedr". f S tb^/jroeSeth^^ei^ - n .^gu^atohtind.red, y^<s q agoj s w4«Wi^ay^^alik l^e^eV'i3n thiwsihtroauDtiDrirfofifjlflajilinsjg^n »«f^ ? fA i- Modern mdth<sds r/andßmpdei;rt(j;deasr /andBmpdei;rt(j;deas ajre gappHfid, with I tny i re^u ; ft o 't Ihat;;'fH'e1 hat ;; 'fH'e Bfriy^'aYiual labor I picking"/ Li ' 3> tHis- 1 is Xf k f v¥ry 3f derica{e^peratioh>f'and'titu\vouidise^n) \ that it will always have to t#;&nfggy Jjagd^rtJhfi^^^, j var6care.ful|y .Rf^^do^n^the Unos^of, bushes, , pinning 1 r.fl j J dieiithutnb-na^il a#d 'fpje-^ggr^^T.hesc leav-s smali-'leaftr at?-sthesit6p'f,isa t?-sthesit6p'f,is khowjn j "as 7 ,the <FJo.\very f^ff^i!™® JWF^K- the= r Orafige ? t>«koe ( > ifhe thirdti leaf,. Pekoe, ! r^^JV^t o^^"^! 1 "^"^ 1^ 6 ?<skoe2? <skoe2 ' tea(i °' f: commerce.i -vThci rsecpfld "And.fhere it ( mighit > " ! be'said r "th 7 at' l th'e u 'genbral 1 ?^idea <that" 'th^e"be^t* and! ' 'highest grade, is incorrect.? As \a matter. oY' f^k/thf T te,/ni < " merely I " applies tp-the method, of rolling, .Gunppvvder.-tea.^eing /rolled in; '' b ?! !s " ,'. IT^ c lof ; the, pickers; Js .determined .by, f the! 5 .Weight o'f "■■ the|-baskets 'they "TsrinV i'n .•/and^in^ordeerito ■■ prevent? the! _, plucking ! ,of dW leaves'; -;£h'ey 'are : fined for r an'y "large one's found* An their pickings. '_'.' I;'?''/V)'1 ;' ? '' /V) ' '- -, " >■■•-} \;\ • 41; -,-f, <( ;f> I When ,the gaskets arelfilled' they brought' to "tne : wit'Fieri»ng ! lofts," great rqqms, jfitted, up jwithl, lattice-work 'shelves,' in^vvh^cH 1 the 1 leaves are le~ft for several, hours in order tha^t ',' the'.' moisture' .may! be 'evaporated. > Care .'is t'akeny however, to' reguiate, jVho'jiot- ai--circulated/thrbugh these f rairies, -so t that the leaves may .not become t too dry and'-break^in thecdiirsd'of rolling, whichiis the /next, step.' ' * """ ' ' ; ''' ' '" '<>■ .» *;, ■ ,',,j, ,Xl s - v The w ; oo y> %Vnos( I -„a ction ,U similar, ,to,.th>t,,of, miUstopes^^bulthe'jnteryening 'spaed a -,is : large/eno,ugh. rto/preyent the ; grinding of the' leaf.': ,' 'fHe- rollW* -' finishedv;the tea is spread o.uth.and.- permitted '.ito fQrmcnt^l'and -subjeated'^tolahc. oxidising,, inflqence of ft^air J for a short timfr"- it 'Is placed" 'in' firing bbxet,'.»M .-. «)h.i»nl:j. 1 The old method of^fi S yjg,.j # nd J the^n p „slilL uspd in-, China, is -M°?"h.^ :.W:>ffj£f^elr.sr'W&'' \fM* is' done J by" tand', :-,thft Ransj^.^as^s:^^, heJdVpvpr. ; fireV/b/;cook% usualli- s t f stripped, to.lhe ,waist., ; ;, In,,Qeylon ;the, firing" is..done By'.machin'cr-j ' Pfdeanlinesi. being., iihus, assured.! Moreover, ...the tea, ndtrbeinli >i subjected to the. direct fire, -■ is ! less likely to lose', any :o& ,it - essential qualities KOf xovfse/^-much otimci isrltoved Hn' l thl* modern tea plantation;,^ .^¥JlQle.ppe^tioiß fjjoijt ite t5/> (f f^Sl!is^Jthe ft .d,, [1 VP i ,t9 lf t.he jS tage w^ch.Aye hava npwTrcached [S*«fle SRTOPlfiSediiißL*3te co M? e v 9 0, t£o ', hour.s", /'. V,. * „ j' ' H^rlt ß^/fluaprocess»«o«.ifennentetjon- r by. the)^va.v/'whjch ( .dctef- - l ;tf iett^ lth^' t^ ii ? t6)^ greeh; or.volack-.the black lfceinl sieves , he variOu? grades the' f tK ig^agam'^rd I " or a short time, and^ffiPffelßn^e^^odbaHis^KgiSarfleaV 5'5 ' stAipayyv^oqand «forej ( per fV pp.uriderf Spmq/gpod.^graJe^a'r^ *£t i .t » grown. There U one little portion, of Fo.moL.SrV! 9 '

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