Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . packed, leaded and paper-ed, but arc labelled, matted and rattan-cd in buyers godowns. Settling Differences. Should a difference be found in thesamples drawn from the delivery andsamples from the muster chest, the bro-ker is called in, the difference broughtto his notice as forcibly as possible thathe may impress the tea man and securethe best cut (reduction) he can inoriginal price. This is often a tryingpart of the business for if one buys finetea and the delivery does not come upto expectations it is impossible to buyother lots, as the market is usuallyc
Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . packed, leaded and paper-ed, but arc labelled, matted and rattan-cd in buyers godowns. Settling Differences. Should a difference be found in thesamples drawn from the delivery andsamples from the muster chest, the bro-ker is called in, the difference broughtto his notice as forcibly as possible thathe may impress the tea man and securethe best cut (reduction) he can inoriginal price. This is often a tryingpart of the business for if one buys finetea and the delivery does not come upto expectations it is impossible to buyother lots, as the market is usuallycleared quickly of choice chops. It isfortunate, however, that as a rule theChinaman is honest and seldom does a. Tea Buying in Ceylon—View of a .Sec-tion of Tea-growing Country. j;laring difference in delivery and sam-l)le occur, rarely, if ever, in the crack(best known) chops. Inspection is thorough and careful, forcases have occurred proving the sayingfor ways that arc dark and tricks thatare deep, the heathen Chinese is pecul-iar. Fortunately for the tea buyers,few of this class have entered into hissphere, however. In selecting, teaswhen first arrived fresh fired, change incharacter as fire goes off and must bewatched so as not to get burnt teas orteas underfired. The latter are the mostdangerous, as they cannot keep sweetfor long. It is worthy of remark thatin China lots of as many as one thous-and two hundred half-chests (chops),sold on one sample, will run evenly andup to muster. All these teas arebulked by hand. Tea Room Appointments. The appointments of the rooms inChina, as also in Japan, are carefullyplanned. A lonp; black counter, facing ablack wall, plank, slopes out abou
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