. Canadian grocer July-December 1896. N. The tea drunk in respectable Japanesehouseholds, says a contributor to an EastIndia journal, generally costs about pound, while from 50c. to $1 will bepaid for a better quality fit to set before anhonored guest. The most expensive Ujitea costs $6 per pound. At the oppositeend of the scale stands the so-called bancha,N 525. the tea of the lower classes, which sells at 5c. per pound, and is composed of chopped leaves, stalks and bitsof wood taken from the trimmings of the tea plant ; for this bever-age is tea, after all, little as its flavor has i
. Canadian grocer July-December 1896. N. The tea drunk in respectable Japanesehouseholds, says a contributor to an EastIndia journal, generally costs about pound, while from 50c. to $1 will bepaid for a better quality fit to set before anhonored guest. The most expensive Ujitea costs $6 per pound. At the oppositeend of the scale stands the so-called bancha,N 525. the tea of the lower classes, which sells at 5c. per pound, and is composed of chopped leaves, stalks and bitsof wood taken from the trimmings of the tea plant ; for this bever-age is tea, after all, little as its flavor has in common with that ofRohea. or Lji. Other tea-like infusions sometimes to be metwith are Kjjsen, made by pouring hot water on a mixture of variousibstances, such as orange peel,the seeds of the xanthoxylon,**0 „&^ ^Sfs etc.; Sakura-yu, an infusion of salted cherry blossom ; Mugi-yu, an infusion of parchedbarley ; Mame-cha, a similarpreparation of beans. Fukii-ja, or luck tea, is made ofsalted nhjnv!. sea weed and-seholdust At a.
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